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
Jack Nicholson quotes about
Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.
Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.
Women -- a mistake, or did He do it to us on purpose?
Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why.
With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.
I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.
I've always fought against being controlled and manipulated and stomped upon by circumstances.
When we make mistakes they call it evil. When God makes mistakes they call it Nature!
I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.
I don't have any fear of intimacy, but rather thrive on it, which is rare in a public person.
He [Castro] is a genius. We spoke about everything.
I'm in the movie business; it's meant to be very cutthroat. But you won't find anybody that ever says I cheated them or manipulated them.
I'm such a perfectionist. I always feel overpraised or whatever. In the abstract, I know I'm a good person, a good professional. But it's nice to be noticed a little bit, ain't it?