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Mike Nichols Quotes

Stand-up comedy is a very hard thing on the spirit. There are people who transcend it, like Jack Benny and Steve Martin, but in its essence, it's soul-destroying. It tends to turn people into control freaks.

Mike Nichols

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: german
Birth: November 6, 1931 - November 19, 2014

Topics

People Control Comedy Spirit Hard

I booked 'Transformers' having no clue what I was doing. And then, all of a sudden, it was like: 'You've got to get your game together fast.' It sucks, but I'm trying.

Megan Fox

Together Game Doing Trying You Fast

All I want a song to do is just to kind of present an idea.

John Mayer

Song Present Want Kind Just Idea

You see a lot of these movies that are really just 90-minute video games. The effects are incredible. I get it: There's an art to that, terrific. I'm not interested in it, but there's an art to that I suppose.

Jeff Daniels

Art Video Games You Movies Games

This was nostalgia in the literal Greek sense: the pain of not being able to return to one's home and family.

John Thorn

Family Home Pain Nostalgia Return

The Muppets have such a great tradition of bringing together all of genres of actors and all ages of actors.

Amy Adams

Great Together Tradition Genres Ages

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

War People Ideas Get Who

Nature is really big and loud the farther south you get.

Sissy Spacek

Nature You Big Get Loud Really

Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.

Mike Pence

Data Tax Will Income Tax Historical

'Nice' is not a common label for comedians, but it is for Canadians. I like it.

Martin Short

Nice Comedians Common Like Label

Lots of my writing can be accurately called lesbian, but I myself am queer and date people of all genders.

Michelle Tea

Myself People Writing Date Lesbian

The street is a room by agreement.

Louis Kahn

Street Room Agreement

Great actors are so easy to direct. It's like they're big 747s that you just have to move left and right, and I don't really need to direct. I need to put them in the right costume, with the right haircut, in the right location, and with the right actor to act with. And then my job is almost done, with a great script, obviously.

Louis Leterrier

Great Job Haircut Easy You Done