Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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

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

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

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

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 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 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...

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.

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.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

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.

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...

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

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...

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...

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...

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and...

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and...

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.