A biography for Nicole Holofcenerhasn’t been written yet.
“I'm a director, but I gotta have the hair, the makeup and the heels. My mother would be appalled if I didn't dress up.”
“Filming is a funny combination of having a good time and not being able to wait until it's over.”
“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.”
“I hear people talk in my head, and I write it down. I choose where they live and how they dress to be real.”
“Hollywood always likes to create a star.”
“I don't have a drawer full of ideas. I kind of look around and take notes and wonder what could actually be a whole movie. And each time, I think I'm going to do it more commercial this time; I'm going to get a big budget and make it. But I always come up with some small idea.”
“The fact that I get to write and direct my own personal story is an amazing thing.”
“I'm not crazy about having my picture taken. I'd rather talk my head off.”
“I'm not a producer and I don't even know the places my producer goes to, thankfully.”
“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.'”
“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.”
“I'm sure it's more difficult for women to make movies, especially because, in general, the kind of movies women want to make aren't necessarily going to be blockbusters. But you know, there are so few women in so many positions of power.”
“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.”
“I think that sometimes, romantic comedies have to be really broad, and that the plot of people falling in and out of love or whatever is not enough. 'Enough Said' had that stuff, but I wanted it to be fun and funny while also grounded in reality.”
“The stories that I want to tell are completely, well, somewhat autobiographical. It's completely based on my own self-absorption issues and problems.”