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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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

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...

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

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.

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.

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...

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

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

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or...

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or...

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...

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...

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...

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I...

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I...

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is...

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is...

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

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

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...

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I...

Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I...

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

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

I'm not hard to get along with.

I'm not hard to get along with.

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...