Don’t ever give anybody your best advice, because they’re not going to follow 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.
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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.
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I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
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The minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.
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A lot of people can’t remember things because they weren’t actually there to begin with – they don’t take it all in.
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Early on, if I was alone two-three nights in a row, I’d start writing poems about suicide.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I’ve ever had to encounter, and I hit that a while ago.
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I can’t hit on women in public any more. I didn’t decide this; it just doesn’t feel right at my age.
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I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
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If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
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Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don’t love.
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I don’t think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.
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Well, I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I haven’t been a rogue most of my life.
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It’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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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
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