Yes. The whole point about laughter is it's like mercury: you can't catch it, you can't catch what motivates it - that's why it's funny.
Mike NicholsIt's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.
Mike NicholsThat seems to me the greatest American danger we're all in, that we'll bargain away the experience of being alive for the appearance of it.
Mike Nichols