Jack Nicholson Quotes
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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.
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You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.
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Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
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When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.
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It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
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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 used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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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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I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film.
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.
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Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
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I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.
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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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Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player.
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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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I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
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I worry from the moment I take a job. I worry about how I'm going to do it, if I can do it... Then I walk on set and the director says, 'Roll', and all of a sudden, all of it disappears and it's all happening, and I relax, and I'm doing what I do, and I'm not even thinking about it.
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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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The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.
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My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
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I have a lot of vanity.