29 Quotes By Jack Nicholson


Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
Jack Nicholson on age

I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this it just doesn't feel right at my age.
Jack Nicholson on age

Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.
Jack Nicholson on alone

I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
Jack Nicholson on art

Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
Jack Nicholson on best

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
Jack Nicholson on best

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
Jack Nicholson on dating

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.
Jack Nicholson on dating

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.
Jack Nicholson on death

I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
Jack Nicholson on fear

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 Nicholson on fear

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.
Jack Nicholson on imagination

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

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
Jack Nicholson on life

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.
Jack Nicholson on marriage

If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.
Jack Nicholson on men

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.
Jack Nicholson on money

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.
Jack Nicholson on money

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

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama there's no device, It's just about a human being.
Jack Nicholson on movies