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Jeff Nichols
Jeff Nichols
American Director
Born: Dec 7, 1978
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Related authors: David Lynch George Lucas Martin Scorsese Spike Lee Steven Spielberg Tim Burton Woody Allen
It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently. Jeff Nichols
Alone Morning People Three About Computer Write Takes Opinions Front Being Being Alone Movies Apparently
Sometimes as writers, we try and put narrative development above character development. We try to move our characters around like chess pieces that do our bidding. The problem with that is sometimes the characters do things they shouldn't do. Things that are inorganic. Jeff Nichols
Character Problem Sometimes Try Our Inorganic Character Development Characters Above Writers Put Development Like Pieces Bidding Around Narrative Chess Move The Problem With Things
I've been really lucky when it comes to casting kids, and I don't particularly like child actors. Too often, they just show up, and they've had whatever real innocence that's in a child just beaten out of them. They start to perform for you, and you can just see it coming. It's no good. Jeff Nichols
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I'm really calculating when it comes to these scripts - I'm really calculated about character behavior and dialogue. Jeff Nichols
Character Behavior About Calculated Calculating Dialogue Scripts Really
I was always interested in creative writing growing up. From junior high on, I was writing short stories. I also grew up watching movies. My father would take me to everything. Most weeks, I could open the paper having seen every movie listed. Jeff Nichols
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I think Warner Bros. are probably some of the best people in marketing films in the world. Jeff Nichols
Best People World Think Films Marketing Bros Some Warner Warner Bros
I first read 'Tom Sawyer' when I was in 8th grade, 13 years old. I realised since that Mark Twain just bottled what it felt like to be a child. Jeff Nichols
Old First Mark Mark Twain Bottled Since Like Read Felt Years Child Grade Just Realised Twain Tom
I never wanted to make movies just for me. I want to make movies that people watch. Jeff Nichols
Me People Never Make Just Want Wanted Movies Watch
I'll say this: I think from a directing standpoint, 'Loving' is my most accomplished film. Strictly from a technical, directing point of view. Jeff Nichols
Think Strictly Say Directing Point Point Of View Most Accomplished Loving View Standpoint Film Technical
I thought 'Mud' would be such an easy film for people to understand. Jeff Nichols
People Thought Would Would-Be Easy Understand Mud Film
A lot of people have a belief system that is strictly based on religious dogma. Jeff Nichols
People Strictly System Religious Dogma Lot Belief Based
I have a very linear mind. Jeff Nichols
Mind Linear Very
'Mud' was a depository for a little more nostalgia and just a different kind of feeling, a different kind of mood. Something that's not so dark. Something that does actually have a happy ending and is a little more hopeful. Jeff Nichols
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I wrote 'Mud' for Matthew McConaughey and had never met him. Jeff Nichols
Met Never Had Wrote Him Matthew Mud
Actors are real. It's a real skill, and it exists, and talent really exists. Jeff Nichols
Talent Real Exists Really Skill Actor
I've only seen one snake out in the wilderness, not behind glass, and I froze. I literally couldn't move. So to say I have a fear of snakes would be true. Jeff Nichols
Fear Be True Seen Snake Wilderness Say Out Would Would-Be Only Glass True Snakes Move Behind Literally
My first job in the film business was working as a production assistant, and then a production manager on a documentary about Townes Van Zandt. Jeff Nichols
Business Job First Van About First Job Documentary Manager Then Working Production Film Film Business Assistant
The funny thing about 'Take Shelter' is that a lot of people talk about how it was allegory for the economy and things that were to happen. And that was so on the nose in the movie for me. I was like, 'That's obvious.' It's the other stuff about marriage and commitment and those other things that I spent the most time thinking about. Jeff Nichols
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We've gotten to a point where it costs so much money to make a movie that directors and filmmakers feel they have to make sure that everybody gets it. And that's an unfortunate development, I think, in a lot of narratives floating around in the film industry. Jeff Nichols
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I really don't know how to tell you what it feels like to be a parent. Jeff Nichols
You Tell Parent Feels Like Know How Really
I really don't care about plot. I really, really don't. Jeff Nichols
Care Plot About dont Care Really
Whenever I write, I try and approach my stories from some kind of universal theme or idea or emotion. Jeff Nichols
Try Approach Kind Some Emotion Write Idea Whenever Stories Theme Universal
The real cost is always more than just the money you shell out. Jeff Nichols
You Money Out Cost More Shell Always Real Than Just
Most film productions, when they're based at a place, they get, like, a 30-mile radius or a 30-minute radius to get out of the town. And once you go past that, your day starts to become shorter, and you have to start paying your drivers more, and everybody just gets paid more, and you have less time to shoot, and everything costs more. Jeff Nichols
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I have gained a lot of confidence in my process of making films. It does't mean I'll make a successful film or even a good film, but I know how to make my film. Jeff Nichols
Good Confidence Films Know Make How Making Lot Process Gained Mean Successful Even Film Good Film
I loved, in 'Starman', the use of anamorphic lenses, the creation of blue light, and Carpenter's use of the widescreen format. Jeff Nichols
Light Creation Carpenter Blue Loved Format Lenses Use
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