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Technically, maybe I learned most of all from George Stevens, and among his movies I learned the most from 'A Place in the Sun.' It's a lesson in moviemaking.

~Mike Nichols

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

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Most great plays of the past lose their grip on immediacy; on application to our lives right now.

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'Streetcar' is no longer about the moment at all. There is no Blanche DuBois anywhere; south, north, east or west. We don't have Blanche DuBois at the moment. But we have Willy Loman; everywhere we look we see Willy Loman. We are Willy Loman. We're on Facebook; we need to be known; we're selling all the time.

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Improvisation has to do with exploring something like two brothers in a room together. You find out things about situations by discovering the things that they aren't saying. It's a way to explore scenes. Sometimes it's more useful than others, but it's always there to see if there's anything that you might improve.

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Whether something is a success or not has never had much to do with what you do next.

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

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A play, after all, is a mystery. There's no narration. And as soon as there's no narration, it's open to interpretation. It must be interpreted. You don't have a choice... Each play can become many things.

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People, by and large, would rather be talking than listening.

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Very often when a story really holds us, it gets pushed away because it's too close for comfort.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Director

Born: November 6th, 1931

Died: November 19th, 2014

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