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
compromise control maybe money order push studio sure willing
I'm willing to give up a little control but not a lot. So I say I want the money, but when push comes to shove, I'm not sure I'll be able to compromise in order to make the big studio movie. Maybe something in between would be okay, like a low-budget studio film.
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.
family feeling liking saying took
When I was going away to school, I had a friend who took a liking to my family just a little too much. We couldn't get her out of the house. It took me saying to my parents, 'I don't want her here. I'm feeling replaced.'
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.
picture rather
I'm not crazy about having my picture taken. I'd rather talk my head off.
drove
I'm somebody's ex-wife, and I did things that drove him nuts. And now I'm somebody's girlfriend, for many years, and I've got different things that drive him nuts.
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.
columbia graduated nyu
I went to NYU for a year and a half, and I graduated from there and then years later went to Columbia for graduate school.
kids
It's harder to take care of kids than it is to make a movie.
change lacking realness thinks wants
Hollywood is lacking realness in their female characters. I don't think I'm the only one who thinks that and wants to change it.