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.
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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There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.
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If 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!
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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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There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I’m not in that state now and that makes me sad.
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Just let the wardrobe do the acting.
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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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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, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don’t love.
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My motto is more good times.
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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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Played 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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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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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
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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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Almost everybody’s happy to be a fool for love.
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