It's not a filmmaker's job to explain his technique but to tell his story the best way he can.
Mike NicholsNo doubt you are as alarmed as I by the tragic decline in America's language skills. If 10 people read the following sentence: Two tanker trucks has just overturned in Alaska, spilling a totel of 10,000 gallons of beer onto a highway. two would find an error in subject-verb agreement, two would find an error in spelling, and six would find a sponge and drive north.
Mike NicholsI love to take actors to a place where they open a vein. Thatโs the job. The key is that I make it safe for them to open the vein.
Mike Nichols