Jack Black Quotes

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  I’m fairly certain YOLO is just Carpe Diem for stupid people.

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  Tags in Stupidity, Certain

• It’s a tough transition really for theater actors to adjust to television or film, and all of these years later, I still have a tendency to play it too big.

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• Push-ups, sit-ups, and a strict diet of raisins. That’s my plan.

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• I’m gonna drop fitty. I’m gonna drop fitty pounds. How many quarter-pounders with cheeses is that? I’m gonna drop 200 quarter-pounder with cheeses.

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• Back in the ’70s, like one of my favorite movies ever was ‘The Bad News Bears’, and that was a kids’ movie, but I don’t think of it that way. I think of it as just a great movie because Walter Matthau was so funny and so harsh with those kids.

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• You have to mind your Ps and Qs a little bit.

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• I like being married. I’m at home with my wife and kids all the time now. I don’t go out for wild nights.

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• My children are magical creatures and I love them to death.

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• My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play I ever did.

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• There’s something about a divorce in that even if your parents still love you, the fact that they can’t live with each other makes you feel there’s something wrong with you.

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• I just remember the early days of Tenacious D. There was no talk or thought about doing a TV show or a movie.

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• I’ve had so many hot, cheesy, corny loves of music in my life. I had a very intense Billy Joel period. So once you’ve really Joeled it up – there’s some good periods of Joel; it’s not all hot cheese. But I can’t judge anyone else for their cheese. I’ve deep-sea dived in the Gouda.

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• Let’s face it, the great comedians now that are handicapped in the looks department are tremendous writers.

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• The real challenge is if you don’t look super s*xy, like a Brad Pitt, you’re going to have to try harder. You’re going to have to make up for it in other ways.

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• I don’t have any real spirituality in my life – I’m kind of an atheist – but when music can take me to the highest heights, it’s almost like a spiritual feeling. It fills that void for me.

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• When you think about rock at its origin, and you think of the Beatles and millions of kids screaming as loud as they can and running as fast as they can towards the Beatles, there’s no one who is that kind of lightning rod, who commands that kind of power and has that kind of creative magma.

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• I’d just like to be in films that I would like to see.

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• I think of myself as an entertainment arsenal. Like I have my acting bazooka and my music machete. And you don’t know what I’m going to come at you with.

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• With the acting, it’s somebody else’s brainchild, and I’m just sort of helping flesh it out. There’s a special satisfaction to being the brains behind the operation.

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• I don’t get hung up on weight.

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Jack Black (30)

Birth:	28th August, 1969
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Comedian, Guitarist, Producer, Screenwriter, Singer

About

Thomas Jacob "Jack" Black was born in Santa Monica, California, USA. He is an American actor, singer, guitarist, film and TV producer, screenwriter and comedian. His acting career has been extensive, starring primarily in comedy films. His role in several films include: Bob Roberts, Airborne, Bye Bye Love, Bongwater, The Jackal, High Fidelity, Orange County, School of Rock, Envy, King Kong, The Holiday, Nacho Libre(also producer), Tenacious D in The Pick of Destiny(also producer and writer), Tropic Thunder, Bernie, The D Train(also producer), and The Polka King. He has been nominated for two Golden Globe Awards. His role in television include: Blind Justice(TV film), Tenacious D (TV series, also executive producer), and Computerman (web series). He is the lead vocalist of the comedic rock group Tenacious D which he formed in 1994 with friend Kyle Gass.

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