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Mike Nichols Quotes

German - Director | November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

The only safe thing is to take a chance.

Chance Take A Chance Safe Take Only

I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. President.' And indeed, the corny thing happened: Her dress split for my benefit, and there was Marilyn, and yes, indeed, she didn't wear any underwear.

Birthday Dress Happy She Right Yes

There's nothing in the American dream about character. It's a serious flaw.

Character American Dream American

I keep coming back to it, over and over - adultery and cheating. It's the most interesting problem in the theater. How else do you get Oedipus? That's the first cheating in the theater.

Interesting Cheating Problem You Get

Any good movie is filled with secrets.

Good Secrets Good Movie Movie Any

Limitations are inspiring: they lead to thinking, so I don't mind them.

Mind Thinking Lead Limitations Them

American society to me and my brother was thrilling because, first of all, the food made noise. We were so excited about Rice Krispies and Coca-Cola. We had only silent food in our country, and we loved listening to our lunch and breakfast.

Food Brother Breakfast Me Lunch

The degree to which you're peculiar and different is the degree to which you must learn to hear people thinking. Just in self-defense you have to learn, where is their kindness? Where is their danger? Where is their generosity?

Kindness People Generosity Thinking

The thing about being an outsider... is that it teaches you to hear what people are thinking because you're constantly looking for the people who just don't give a damn.

People Looking Thinking You Damn

There's nothing better than discovering, to your own astonishment, what you're meant to do. It's like falling in love.

Love Better Falling In Love You Own

The thing is, as a film director, you're essentially alone: You have to tell a story primarily through pictures, and only you know the film you see in your head.

Alone Story You Pictures Know See

I came to love silence, because it's so rare, and it's now my favorite aural condition.

Love Silence Now Rare Because Came

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