There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

Quote by Jack Nicholson

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 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'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...

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 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....

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.

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'm not hard to get along with.

I'm not hard to get along with.

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'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...

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...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

Its idea of ''production value'' is spending a million dollars dressing up a story that...

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be...

I'm going to college. I don't care if it ruins my career. I'd rather be...