Nicole Holofcener

Nicole Holofcener
Nicole Holofceneris an American film and television director and screenwriter. She has directed five feature films, including Friends with Money and Enough Said as well as various television series. Holofcener was a previous student of director Martin Scorsese...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 March 1960
CountryUnited States of America
directed feature tim
I'm being photographed, worrying about my hair - and yet here I am, I've directed a feature film, why do I care about the way I look? Who cares? Does Tim Burton care? Does Joel Coen?
director fearful men women
To say you want to be a director is to risk sounding obnoxious, pretentious, arrogant, and I think women are more fearful of sounding that way than men are.
characters honest movies people relate
When I'm creating characters, I just want to create characters that I can relate to, and be as honest about them as people as I can be. That's what I want to see when I go to the movies.
equal good goodwill high history hope measures meet people special thrilled toward
Thrilled and petrified. Equal measures of both. Thrilled because I have a history with Sundance, which made this feel special and like a real honor. Petrified, I guess, because I think it's never good to go into a film with really high expectations. That can't be in my favor. That's not to say it won't meet them, but what if it doesn't? I hope people will have goodwill toward it.
furniture gets morning next perfect room
If a woman gets insomnia, you never know where you're going to find her furniture the next morning. It's primal. We have so little we can control, but we can perfect the way our room looks.
bank robbing situations suddenly
If you keep the situations real, the characters' behavior will be real and honest, too. If they're suddenly robbing a bank and exchanging snappy dialogue, well, I wouldn't even know how to write that.
hear kids material project takes time
When I hear that a project takes place out of town, the material better be terrific, and it has to come at the right time. My kids are getting older, so it's getting easier, but being a mother - it's a difficult thing to juggle.
far kids rarely
I rarely need career advice because I don't have a career. No, that's not true. I can't really go far away while my kids are living with me.
kids
It's harder to take care of kids than it is to make a movie.
offered scripts stack
I have a stack of scripts that I've read - I'm in the lucky position where I get offered things - but I haven't wanted to direct many of them.
hear people
I hear people talk in my head, and I write it down. I choose where they live and how they dress to be real.
certain
I'll write a character with a certain actor in mind, but then once I start casting, I have to forget about who I pictured.
movies obviously
My movies make a profit, but obviously not a fortune.
amazing direct
The fact that I get to write and direct my own personal story is an amazing thing.