I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

Topics: Success Quotes

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

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

I'm not hard to get along with.

I'm not hard to get along with.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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 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 have a lot of vanity.

I have a lot of vanity.

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...

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 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 only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman.

I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman.

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.

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...

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

Acting is everybody's favorite second job.

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...