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.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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

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

I have a lot of vanity.

I have a lot of vanity.

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

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

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote...

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote...

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

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

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in...

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in...

I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I...

I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I...

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I...

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I...

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

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

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...

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....

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

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

I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I...

I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I...

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and...

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and...

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...