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

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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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...

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.

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of...

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of...

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...

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

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

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...

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

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.

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not...

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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 have a lot of vanity.

I have a lot of vanity.