Jack Nicholson Quotes
If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!
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If it's free, it's advice; if you pay for it, it's counseling; if you can use either one, it's a miracle.
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The cutting room is where you discover the optimal length of the movie.
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Whatever you want to do in the industry, do it on the smallest level at first. If you want to be a writer, write a screenplay in your house. If you want to be an actor, put on a one-man show. If you want to be a stand-up comedian, go to an open mic.
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Mental health is seen as a massive drag to have to write about - worthy, dull. Something you should 'have' to read / write about.
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It takes half your life before you discover life is a do-it-yourself project.
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When you're making movies you've got to get obsessive.
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I was asking Charlie the most important questions, and you heard the answers.
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If you're going on a plane journey, you're more likely to take one of my stories than 'Finnegan's Wake.'
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The first thing you have to do is accept that decay sets in and there's nothing you can do about it.
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If you wish to forget anything on the spot, make a note that this thing is to be remembered.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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You either get better, or you don't progress.
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When you run into something interesting, drop everything else and study it.
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Liberalism is assisting quality of life, whatever you may choose.
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Working for a magazine, you have a boss; you are not free.
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Even if you throw your hair up in a quick topknot or ponytail, you can add instant polish by wearing a headband or bejeweled barrette.
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When you want something very dearly, you make the time.
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Experience is what you get while looking for something else.
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Making art is not the matter of a moment, and nor is making an exhibition; curating follows art.
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Companies like Google and Facebook may offer jobs allowing or requiring imagination and creativity, but the whole of Silicon Valley accounts for only 3 percent of national income and a smaller percentage of national employment.
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The desktop metaphor was invented because one, you were a stand-alone device, and two, you had to manage your own storage. That's a very big thing in a desktop world. And that may go away. You may not have to manage your own storage. You may not store much before too long.
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From my very first day in the Mayor's office, I have worked closely with the Council members who share our vision of a city hall that really protects taxpayers and cares... yes... about the little things that make a big difference in people's lives.
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These days, children can text on their cell phone all night long, and no one else is seeing that phone. You don't know who is calling that child.
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If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain't - take two!
