Jack Nicholson Quotes
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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I think I'm very stoic. Death and dying are things that I'm used to.
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My dad was pretty strict. We didn't even get to watch any of his movies until I was, like, 17 years old. I didn't even see his stand-up, really, until I started doing stand-up, and that was when I was 22. So he's pretty strict. We had curfews until I was 17... he didn't play around.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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I do this thing at every party: I go to a party, I stand around for, like, 45 minutes, and then I turn to my wife and say, 'I think we should go home.' And then we leave, and then I wake up the next morning and say to my wife, 'We don't go out anymore.' It's a great trick.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I'm a chubby middle-aged white guy with short hair. I think that's it, really. I kind of have a look. Right now, I'm not fat enough to be the fat friend, but I'm not thin enough to be the leading man, so I look like a cop.
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Let us have peace.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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I always assumed I would leave drama school and do 'Lady Macbeth' and all sorts of serious things. It just didn't happen.
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I have always been a coward as a child. I am not very brave. I am very aware of the fact that I am not very gutsy.
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Fans will treat something preciously if they're given the opportunity to do so.
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Neither the life of an individual nor the history of a society can be understood without understanding both.
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I need to have proper equipment when I work out, and the Nike Frees are light, comfortable, and great for training. I also usually bring a short-sleeve or long-sleeve compression shirt and a pair of shorts.
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I started working professionally as soon as I could, doing weddings and things like that in high school, while everyone else was having keg parties. I just felt destined to do it and really committed and driven; it was something that just felt right all my life.
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I'm still blowing alright, and I still enjoy it which is the main thing.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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No industry in living memory has collapsed faster than daily print journalism.
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The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out.
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You name it, I'm interested in a lot of things.
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'Balance' is a really big word for me.
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God and death kind of resemble each other, because the only time a lot of people will try and talk to God is when someone's died.
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I look at people for their souls, and I can see myself falling in love with anyone after getting to know them and developing a relationship.
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Our garage was basically science fair central.
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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.
