Jack Nicholson Quotes

• I’m an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30’s. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.

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• I’m a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film.

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• I’ll tell you one thing: Don’t ever give anybody your best advice, because they’re not going to follow it.
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  Jack Nicholson

• I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.

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• I think that’s what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There’s no melodrama; there’s no device, It’s just about a human being.

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• I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn’t repeat a success. Very often you’re going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you’re trapped.

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• I only take Viagra when I’m with more than one woman.
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  Jack Nicholson

• I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I’ve always thought that it’s counterproductive to have a theory on that.

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• I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself

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• I know I can act. There aren’t too many other jobs I know how to do.

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• I have a lot of vanity.

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• I don’t have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

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• I don’t have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.

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• Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

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• Financially, I’ve lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

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• Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I’d start writing poems about suicide.

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• Beer, it’s the best damn drink in the world.

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• Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor.

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• Age is the first limitation on roles that I’ve ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.

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• Acting is everybody’s favorite second job.

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Jack Nicholson (81)

Birth:	22nd April, 1937
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Actor, Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter

About

John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson was born in Neptune City, New Jersey, USA. He is an American actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance and dark portrayals of antiheroes and psychopathic characters. Nicholson's 12 Academy Award nominations make him the most nominated male actor in the Academy's history. His role in several films include: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest(won the Academy Award for Best Actor), As Good as It Gets(won the Academy Award for Best Actor), Terms of Endearment(won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor), Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, The Last Detail, Chinatown, The Passenger, Reds, The Shining, Batman, The Departed, A Few Good Men, The Pledge, About Schmidt, Flight to Fury, Ride in the Whirlwind, The Shooting, Goin' South(also director), and The Two Jakes(also director). He has written several films include: Flight to Fury, Ride in the Whirlwind, The Trip, and Drive, He Said. He produced several films include: Ride in the Whirlwind, The Shooting, and Drive, He Said(also director).

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