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.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking...

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking...

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they...

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they...

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

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

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success....

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success....

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

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

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways...

It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways...

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what...

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what...

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be...

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be...

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take...

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take...

I have a lot of vanity.

I have a lot of vanity.

I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got...

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got...

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or...

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or...

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is...

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is...