Jeff Nichols : (5)

" I think I could probably make $5 to $10m movies for a very long time and live a perfectly good life doing it. I’d probably get paid as well as a surgeon, which is pretty damn remarkable for a guy who went to film school. " - Jeff Nichols

" As a storyteller, you have to have something to say. You have to look at the world, think about it in relationship to yourself, and say, ‘I think this is a pattern,’ or ‘I think this is the way fatherhood works,’ or ‘I think this is the way first love feels.’ The danger in that is, that’s when you open yourself up to real critique. " - Jeff Nichols

" You can watch any Hitchcock film and be blown away. " - Jeff Nichols

" When my son was 8 months old, he had a febrile seizure. You know, if you’re in the first year – my wife and I refer to it as the ‘darkness.’ You’re just underwater. " - Jeff Nichols

" It’s amazing how far you can get into a plot before you figure out what you’re doing. " - Jeff Nichols