In a career that spanned over six decades across all entertainment genres, Mike Nichols collaborated with and influenced an array of show business legends. Here, friends and peers remember Nichols, who died Thursday at 83:
___
“An inspiration and joy to know, a director who cried when he laughed, a friend without whom, well, we can’t imagine our world, an indelible irreplaceable man.” -“Heartburn,” ”Silkwood,” ”Angels in America,” and “Postcards from the Edge” star Meryl Streep, in a statement
___
“‘Forward. We must always move forward. Otherwise what will become of us?’ Said Mike Nichols, who changed the lives of those who knew him, who loved him, who will miss him so.” -Charlie Wilson’s War” star Tom Hanks, in a statement