Mike Nichols Dead: Hilary Swank on the One Thing He Could Get Any Actress to Do — hollywoodreporter.com

Hollywood is mourning the death of Mike Nichols, who died Wednesday at age 83. Days before his death, a slew of awards-contending actresses sat down with The Hollywood Reporter for a candid conversation in which the director's name arose as part of a discussion about how they make themselves cry. Watch more Trailers for 10 Classic Mike Nichols Films  "I spent my life growing up trying to make myself cry because I thought that's what an actress had to do," said The Theory of Everything star Felicity Jones. "Then realizing, just because it says to cry in the script doesn't mean you have to do it."

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