I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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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 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...

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take...

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take...

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

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

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.

Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And...

Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And...

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...

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...

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'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 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 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...

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...

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...

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

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 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...

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.

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.

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...