Jack Nance Quotes

United States, Actor
December 21, 1943 – December, 30, 1996.

Marvin John Nance (December 21, 1943 – December 30, 1996), known professionally as Jack Nance and occasionally credited as John Nance, was an American actor of stage and screen. He was known for his work with director David Lynch, particularly for his starring roles in Eraserhead (1977) and Twin Peaks (1990–1991).

Also known as Stage Actor, Television Actor, Film Actor

But Eraserhead was the first real intense kind of thing I had ever done before the cameras and Lynch had to really bring me down a lot and he still does.

Jack Nance
- Real
- Done
- Me
Lynch is an ordinary, smalltown guy and he just sees strange things in people.

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- People
- Guy
- Strange

And now comes Pete Martell in Twin Peaks and he's just a nice guy.

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- Guy
- Nice
- Now
We've all got strange things about us and Lynch picks those things up.

Jack Nance
- Up
- Things
- Strange
All of a sudden, those few pages of script that he had shown me with the weird images I could visualize all of that in my brain, and I knew that there was this mad little genius at work here and I really wanted to do the film.

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- Work
- Brain
- Weird
I say that I played a doorstop in Dune because I remember standing around a lot. I was down there for months.

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- Remember
- Say
- Down
To sum it all up: It was a great picture to do; I just wish it had never been released.

Jack Nance
- Up
- Great
- Wish
My dog barks some. Mentally you picture my dog, but I have not told you the type of dog which I have. Perhaps you even picture Toto, from The Wizard of Oz. But I can tell you, my dog is always with me. WOOF!

Jack Nance
- Picture
- Dog
- Barks