I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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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...

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...

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 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...

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.

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 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.

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

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...

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.

You have a cough? Go home tonight; eat a whole box of Ex-Lax - tomorrow...

You have a cough? Go home tonight; eat a whole box of Ex-Lax - tomorrow...

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

The path of least resistance is the path of the loser.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...

Mom and Pop were just a couple of kids when they got married. He was...