Mike Nichols interview (1992) 

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I studied with Mike. He was the most articulate person I have ever listened to in my entire life. And it isn’t even close. He somehow knew everything about everyone and everything.

40:02 "Individuals are remarkable, and individual lives are still remarkable, and courage still exists, and people who try to serve something beyond themselves still exist." Well-said. Rest in peace, Mike Nichols.

Could listen to Nichols talk forever. He really deserves a biography.

This is better than any film school. Such a gentleman. So earnest about his approach to art.

Seems incredible that this interview took place almost 30 years ago.

Very interesting and deep man. I remember a quote in a high school reunion book from one of the long retired teachers. She had 2 favourite quotes that really stuck with her over the years. One of them applies to what Mike Nichols said about when he was the man of the time and really wasn't enjoying it or experiencing it even though on the surface it looked like he was so successful and should be utterly satisfied. "To have had the experience but miss the meaning". I think that is very deep. I think he finally gets the meaning of those experiences.....be as generous as you can ...and as forgiving. I can see how that applies in my own life ..probably all our lives. How it can enhance our experience in living maybe? I have done it a little lately ....and it does work. People I don't really care for and maybe ignore. If I show a bit of kindness and empathy it completely changes everything. Its pretty amazing ...tough to do though. Nice to hear someone in Hollywood that is deep and thoughtful and who is about "the story" ...not the fame and money!!!

"Angels in America" was my favorite Mike Nichols work.. It's such a good mini-series and I am glad it got a lot of recognition.

Charlie Rose is a fantastic interviewer, superbly present without being overbearing. It feels like Mike Nicholls appreciates Rose's approach and gives more. I particularly like the idea of ones creative agency being on a pendulum and needing the space of the negative swing to reflect and ready oneself for the next momentum forward. I regard Nicholls as a genius and Silkwood as his masterpiece but with the feeling that all his movies are great in their own way. Rose reaches for Mikes intelligence and finds it and it feels so satisfying to watch. BRAVO!!!!

This is brilliant. Thank you for posting

How brillant is Mike Nichols !

His voice is so nice to listen to!

I was amused at the thought of when Nichols said, "I think that the camera sees your nature, in the end," that Rose was stopped cold, and said, "What do you mean?" Knowing his history with women, and his exposure to the camera, adds quite another layer to his question.

I've never missed this incredible PBS program. Incredible Talented interviews

Also a young and gifted Charlie Rose getting the best from his Amazing Guest, thank you both.

I love all his movies. All these people are so much more alive in my life than so many people actually living. Charlie Rose is great at the interview as `I have never seen him before, very involved and totally respectful.

What he says about each scene in the theater (or, in fiction or film, for that matter --- or more abstractly, in story) being about love or conflict --- "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" exemplifies that principle on steroids. It's one of the most dynamic films I've scene, and it takes place within a home (for the most part) during a single evening.

Absolute brilliance !

One of the great ones!

absolutely brilliant...miss him greatly!

13:57 - 17:19 let it really happen 20:10 - 22:22 the pendulum 27:02 - 28:47 relax 31:29 - 33:15 film vs. theatre 38:39 - 41:30 examination

Sad that I only 'came' to this very interesting,thoughful man (apart from a brief piece with Elaine May I recorded when Perry Como was aired on BBC tv in 1962) on viewing this interview. As a cinemagoer of longstanding and having gone to see all his earlier successes, strange I didn't pick up that it was him who had directed them.

Wonderful interview. But he doesn't talk about how George Stevens' A PLACE IN THE SUN (1951) changed his life. No matter. He's done alot of good films.

"Real events supplanted fiction." Mike Nichols

The end of this interview is incredibly profound

The bummer about youtube and the web is that everyone seems to be watching the cool older stuff but nobody is creating anything today.

The last 15 minutes are exceptional

I've always preferred Catch-22 to M*A*S*H, but then again I've never been an Elliott Gould person

My favourite. Movie as a youngster was "Day of the Dolphin 🐬". Guess that proves I know nothing of cinema. "Ma loves Pa" 🤗. Did not know I put was a flop?🤔

Catch 22 was a good film

Charlie Rise is so Arrogant. He always tries to be smarter and more grande than his guests.. it's revolting and disgusting.

How did such a seemingly grounded man end up with a control freak, manipulatress, narcissist like Diane Sawyer?