Quotes from Jack Nicholson

I would never say, "I'm retired." I believe if I decided to just not work, in six months everybody would just forget whether you were working or not.

For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.

I don't believe in God now. I can still work up an envy for someone who has a faith. I can see how that could be a deeply soothing experience.

I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

Dissembling is a common tool of the anger junkie.

There is one thing I know about creative conflict: once my argument is exhausted, I am not going to be unhappy whether it moves in my direction or away.

In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.

I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

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

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

Once I got started acting I loved it.

I'm not hard to get along with.

I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

Being pigeonholed is the death of all actors.

If you suck on a tit the movie gets an R rating. If you hack the tit off with an axe it will be PG.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

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.

Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of by losing it.

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

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

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.

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