Jack Nicholson Quotes (63 Quotes)


    Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said if you gotta go, go with a smile.

    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.

    I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman.

    The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

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


    There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

    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.

    It was anticipated there would be times when the cash won't be there and we'll have to issue bonds. That's how it was always supposed to work.

    A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

    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.


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

    Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.

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


    and I suppose the most you can hope for is to make some kind of difference, but what kind of difference have I made

    In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

    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.

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

    Bill Clinton and Fidel Castro are both humanists. They should get together. And it would be great for Clinton's legacy.


    I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor.

    We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.

    My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

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

    Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.

    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.

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

    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.

    No issue is more compelling than the air we breathe, be it hot or cold, be it hawk or human.


    People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

    If they're just off by 10 percent this year, we're wiped out. To be conservative we have to recognize it could happen like last year.

    Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this heat is making me absolutely crazy.

    Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else.

    What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts.

    Tell me something, my friend. Ever danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.



    I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

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

    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.

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

    I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans, who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second that you can come down here, flash your badge and make me nervous.


    I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.

    Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

    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.


    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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