In other words, I wouldn’t like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviourally wild, and it’s crazy to think of any form where it’s just one way.
JACK NICHOLSONIn other words, I wouldn’t like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviourally wild, and it’s crazy to think of any form where it’s just one way.
JACK NICHOLSONI would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
JACK NICHOLSONBeer, it’s the best damn drink in the world.
JACK NICHOLSONIf you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain’t – take two!
JACK NICHOLSONIf men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
JACK NICHOLSONThe minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.
JACK NICHOLSONA lot of people can’t remember things because they weren’t actually there to begin with – they don’t take it all in.
JACK NICHOLSONEarly on, if I was alone two-three nights in a row, I’d start writing poems about suicide.
JACK NICHOLSONJust let the wardrobe do the acting.
JACK NICHOLSONI like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.
JACK NICHOLSONPlayed tennis for years. But you can’t improve at tennis after you’re 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you’re a doubles player.
JACK NICHOLSONWell, I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I haven’t been a rogue most of my life.
JACK NICHOLSONI’m content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That’s what I’ve always worried about: that I wouldn’t try hard enough.
JACK NICHOLSONWell, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don’t love.
JACK NICHOLSONWith my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.
JACK NICHOLSONIt’s a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I’ve never had any trouble identifying with the character that I’m playing.
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