I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.
JACK NICHOLSONI like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.
JACK NICHOLSONActing is everybody’s favorite second job.
JACK NICHOLSONThere’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.
JACK NICHOLSONWell, I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I haven’t been a rogue most of my life.
JACK NICHOLSONJust let the wardrobe do the acting.
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 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 NICHOLSONAge is the first limitation on roles that I’ve ever had to encounter, and I hit that a while ago.
JACK NICHOLSONI can’t hit on women in public any more. I didn’t decide this; it just doesn’t feel right at my age.
JACK NICHOLSONFrankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.
JACK NICHOLSONMy motto is more good times.
JACK NICHOLSONWith my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.
JACK NICHOLSONI would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.
JACK NICHOLSONA 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 NICHOLSONThe minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.
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 NICHOLSON