Jack Nicholson Quotes

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.
Jack Nicholson

Love, Success, Time

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.
Jack Nicholson

Science, Movies, Human

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.
Jack Nicholson

Best, Hard, Wanted

I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
Jack Nicholson

Life, Though, Complain

I'm a good friend.
Jack Nicholson

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

Film, Baby, Foreign

I'm definitely still wild at heart.
Jack Nicholson

Heart, Wild, Definitely

I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
Jack Nicholson

Power, Person, Everyone

I'm not hard to get along with.
Jack Nicholson

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

Last, Guy, Academy

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.
Jack Nicholson

Able, Artists, List

I've spent more time playing golf than anything else the last 18 years. Just wanted to be an 80s-shooter. Got there, too.
Jack Nicholson

Time, Else, Wanted

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.
Jack Nicholson

Time, Good, Here

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!
Jack Nicholson

Two, Wrong, Matter

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.
Jack Nicholson

Crazy, Real, Words

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.
Jack Nicholson

Two, Tough, Sure

It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.
Jack Nicholson

Good, Woman, Friends

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
Jack Nicholson

Acting, Wardrobe

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

Career, Actor, Early

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.
Jack Nicholson

Hate, Career, Play

Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
Jack Nicholson

Bad, Once, Movie

One of my school friends' parents owned a minigolf course, and a bunch of us kids would play there all day in the summer. Two-under deuces was a good score.
Jack Nicholson

Good, School, Parents

The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.
Jack Nicholson

Life, Person, Year

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

Through, Television, Screen

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.
Jack Nicholson

Life, Women, Sad

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Nationality: American

Type: Actor

Born: April 22, 1937

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