The only safe thing is to take a chance.... -Mike Nichols

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The only safe thing is to take a chance.

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I think the main thing about comedy and humor is that it's impossible and always was impossible to define....
I loved all movies, literally. I certainly loved 'Shane' and 'Roxie Hart.' Later on, when I was less of a kid, I loved 'L'Avventura' and 'Persona' and...
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 ...
As a little kid in a sometimes hard place, I went to the movies as often as I could. Movies - making them, seeing them - is not something that could e...
The reason that most British actors are better than most American actors in the end is that they don't make any money. At the very end of their lives,...
The only safe thing is to take a chance....
A movie is like a person. Either you trust it or you don't....
I asked a shrink: 'Everything is so great. Why am I still so angry?' He said, 'Anger doesn't go away.' I always thought it was kind of a good engine....
I was standing right behind Marilyn, completely invisible, when she sang 'Happy birthday, Mr. President.' And indeed, the corny thing happened: Her dr...

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I think a lot of times, when people who get a chance to meet me and be around me, they understand that I'm not the person that the media make me out t...
I work out every day. My friends say that I became an actress by chance; I should have become a gym trainer. I am the most grumpiest and irritable per...
When I was growing up, I felt like no one gave Canadians a chance. And now that they see we have quality in Canada and it's amazing to see....
Nighttime, in a nanosecond, asleep by 10:30. No chance I'll get through the day without two naps. Before noon, around 11 A.M. I catch 30 minutes. Livi...
There are a lot of guys who play in the NBA. There aren't a lot of guys who have a chance to win a gold medal, too....
The Cubs gave me a chance to play. They signed me as a free agent and brought me to the Major Leagues. The first day I walked into Wrigley Field was o...
Some people start modeling because they want to be models and they want the parties and the recognition, and then there are people like me. I come fro...
Forget the historic nature of his election having to do with skin color - Obama has an opportunity offered to few presidents: the chance to set the co...
I'm not a good philanthropist yet; I'm not as good as I'd like to be... I believe very hard in luck. It's all chance; therefore, any privilege you hav...
We want to do something important in the World Cup, and hopefully I have the chance. If not, well, life goes on, I'll keep working the same way and su...