Quotes from Jack Nicholson

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

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

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

Kids are life's only guaranteed bona fide upside surprise.

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.

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.

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: My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. LOS ANGELES TIMES: Which is? JACK NICHOLSON: That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system. LOS ANGELES TIMES: Let's talk about acting for a minute.

my mother never saw the irony of calling me a "son of a bitch

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60. -Jack Nicholson

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

I don't wanna be a product of my environment; I want my environment to be a product of me.

I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.

If you think you're attractive, you're always attractive.