This story first appeared in the Dec. 5 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine.
"Working with Nichols was like going to an eclectic, unorthodox and highly original university. We would all get to wander about in the corridors and high ceilings of his mind, each making different discoveries according to our tastes and aptitudes. Then, later, we would find that those discoveries applied to the rest of our lives. It was also like being at some party where the drinks were always excellent and everyone who ever said anything worth hearing was either present or being accurately quoted. There was no end to the laughing. There were periods of hilarity I'm surprised I survived." — Emma Thompson, who starred in 1998's Primary Colors
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