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'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...

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...

The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.

The blues and jazz will live forever... So will the Delta and the Big Easy.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

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...

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 have a lot of vanity.

I have a lot of vanity.

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

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...

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your...

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your...

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...

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

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

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

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

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.