Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholsonis an American actor and filmmaker, having performed for nearly 60 years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance and dark portrayals of excitable and psychopathic characters. In many of his films, he has played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", and someone who rebels against the social structure...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 April 1937
CityNeptune City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.
It was anticipated there would be times when the cash won't be there and we'll have to issue bonds. That's how it was always supposed to work.
There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.
Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
I certainly knew my father. He just didn't happen to be my biological father.
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.
If it is difficult to know yourself as an individual, it seems to be more complex as a couple. So if you say, "Oh I like a person who is like this and that," you might take away the possibility of seeing the only one that might be right for you.
Women -- a mistake, or did He do it to us on purpose?
You know, I think I understand what you're like now. You're very beautiful and you think men are only interested in you because you're beautiful. But you want them to be interested in you because you're you. The problem is, aside from all that beauty, you're not very interesting. You're rude, you're hostile, you're sullen, you're withdrawn... oh, I know- you want someone to look past all that at the real person underneath. But the only reason anyone would bother to look past all that is because you're beautful. Ironic, isn't it? In an odd way you're your own problem.
I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.
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.
Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why.
Once you've been really 'bad' in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
I've always had an urge to feed my need to have fun and feel free. I don't see any interesting alternatives.