Mike Nichols - All movies are pure process. A ...

All movies are pure process. A commercial movie isn't less process than an art movie. You can't make your decisions about a film on the basis of, 'Is it important enough? Is it serious enough?' It's either alive or it's not for me. If it's alive, I want to do it.

Mike Nichols

German Director

Born: Nov 6, 1931

Died: Nov 19, 2014

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