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Jeff Nichols Quotes

'Take Shelter' is a tough movie because there's no humor in it, so there's really no way to judge how you're doing - whether people are still with you or not.

Jeff Nichols

'Take Shelter' is a tough movie because there's no humor in it, so there's really no way to judge how you're doing - whether people are still with you or not.

Tags: people, judge, you

The films that have influenced me most are: 'The Hustler', 'Badlands', 'Hud', 'Tender Mercies', 'Cool Hand Luke', 'A Perfect World', and 'Laurence of Arabia'. I also really like 'Fletch'. I feel like...

Jeff Nichols

The films that have influenced me most are: 'The Hustler', 'Badlands', 'Hud', 'Tender Mercies', 'Cool Hand Luke', 'A Perfect World', and 'Laurence of Arabia'. I also really like 'Fletch'. I feel like...

Tags: together, world, me

About Author
Jeff Nichols (born December 7, 1978) is an American filmmaker. His films are characterized by their Southern United States backdrop and ambience. He is also known for his longstanding collaboration with actor Michael Shannon, who has appeared in all of his feature films to date.
After studying filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts, Nichols moved into the independent filmmaking scene with Shotgun Stories (2007). He went on to direct the critically acclaimed films Take Shelter (2011), Mud (2012), Midnight Special (2016), and Loving (also 2016).

I think when you're talking about marriage equality and race, people very quickly start to get into their political corners: their ideology comes to the forefront, and they get into this platform argu...

Jeff Nichols

I think when you're talking about marriage equality and race, people very quickly start to get into their political corners: their ideology comes to the forefront, and they get into this platform argu...

Tags: marriage, political, people

We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriage equality and equality in general. These are complex, divisive issues in our society, and I think t...

Jeff Nichols

We have a problem with dealing with race in our country. We have a problem with dealing with marriage equality and equality in general. These are complex, divisive issues in our society, and I think t...

Tags: marriage, society, problem

It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently.

Jeff Nichols

It takes people being alone in front of the computer at three in the morning to write opinions about movies, apparently.

Tags: alone, being alone, people

Marriage is tough. I can tell my wife all day long that I love her, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't show that.

Jeff Nichols

Marriage is tough. I can tell my wife all day long that I love her, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't show that.

Tags: love, day, wife

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,...

Jeff Nichols

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,...

Tags: funny, time, commitment

Marriage isn't about a collection of scenes over ten years of two people telling each other that they love each other. It's about commitment.

Jeff Nichols

Marriage isn't about a collection of scenes over ten years of two people telling each other that they love each other. It's about commitment.

Tags: love, commitment, people

I am not going to approve the home-screening format for my film just carte blanche in lieu of a theatrical screening when I cannot trust that it will ever be seen in the format that it's intended to b...

Jeff Nichols

I am not going to approve the home-screening format for my film just carte blanche in lieu of a theatrical screening when I cannot trust that it will ever be seen in the format that it's intended to b...

Tags: i am, will, going

If I can drive down the road in my car and listen to XM satellite, and when a song gets beamed into my car, it can tell me who wrote the song and what the damn lyrics are, why, when you broadcast a di...

Jeff Nichols

If I can drive down the road in my car and listen to XM satellite, and when a song gets beamed into my car, it can tell me who wrote the song and what the damn lyrics are, why, when you broadcast a di...

Tags: road, speak, me