Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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

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

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 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...

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...

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'm not hard to get along with.

I'm not hard to get along with.

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...

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

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

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...

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 don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare...

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

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...

What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts.

What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts.

I have a lot of vanity.

I have a lot of vanity.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...