Jack Nicholson

Actor

154 Quotes

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.

If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.

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

You only lie to two people in your life, your girlfriend and the police.

I have a lot of vanity.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

My motto is: more good times.

The camera photographs what's there.

Almost everybody's happy to be a fool for love.

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.

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

I'm a good friend.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

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

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

A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.

When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award.

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.

A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.

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