Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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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.

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I...

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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 am consistently inconsistent.

I am consistently inconsistent.

That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition....

That's the difference between irony and sarcasm. Irony can be spontaneous, while sarcasm requires volition....