I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do. Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially. I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny. Jack Nicholson More Quotes by Jack Nicholson More Quotes From Jack Nicholson If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women. Jack Nicholson honestchancemen I'm a scamp. I don't deny it. I like myself. Jack Nicholson deny Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop. Jack Nicholson hollywoodfilmkind This town needs an enema! Jack Nicholson townsneeds For a long time, I was afraid to be alone. I had to learn how to be alone. And there are still times when I think, Uh-oh! I gotta talk to somebody here or I'm gonna go crazy! But I like to be alone. Now I do. I really do. There's a big luxury in solitude. Jack Nicholson luxurycrazythinking Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide. Jack Nicholson suicidewritingnight I love working with women directors. They don't mind making you cute. Jack Nicholson mindcutedirectors Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, “Maybe it works,” but in comedy, when you're doing it, either it works or it doesn't. You have to keep doing it until it does, and the requirement is more. Jack Nicholson doedramalooks Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene. Jack Nicholson techniquerealuse I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate. Jack Nicholson matescomplaining When it's over for a woman, it's over. You're not getting an appeal. Jack Nicholson boyfriendhusbandrelationship Decent people shouldn't live here. They'd be happier some place else. Jack Nicholson batman-moviedecentpeople You look at someone long enough, you discover their humanity. Jack Nicholson good-as-it-getshumanitylong I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you were a conniver or a fink or whatever, everybody knew about it and you were a louse for the rest of your life. So I never lost those values in some way. Jack Nicholson rest-of-your-lifechildhoodway I certainly knew my father. He just didn't happen to be my biological father. Jack Nicholson biological-fathershappensfather Before I moved into the mainstream of American movies, I wrote a script as an experiment. I wanted to get very far away from the clichés about the three-act play - structure, development. Jack Nicholson threedevelopmentplay I have a lot of vanity. Jack Nicholson vanity I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it. Jack Nicholson craftsbeing-the-bestactors There's probably no one who understands Method acting better academically than I do, or actually uses it more in his work. But it's funny - nobody really sees that. It's perception versus reality, I suppose. Jack Nicholson actingperceptionreality Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life. Jack Nicholson interviewsproblemtrying
