I'm a scamp. I don't deny it. I like myself. Jack Nicholson More Quotes by Jack Nicholson More Quotes From Jack Nicholson I'm very fortunate in the sense that outside of cohabitating relationships and so forth, I've always got on just as well with women. Jack Nicholson fortunate wells Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. Jack Nicholson film actors believe If I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled. This is not the time for civil rights. There are larger issues for Americans. Jack Nicholson civil-rights issues rights I believe in making all movies at their most reasonable. That I get a lot of money as an actor is because nobody else will get it if I don't. Jack Nicholson reasonable actors believe I've spent more time playing golf than anything else the last 18 years. Just wanted to be an 80s-shooter. Got there, too. Jack Nicholson lasts golf years Just let the wardrobe do the acting. Jack Nicholson wardrobe acting [on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right. Jack Nicholson daughter mother son 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. Jack Nicholson responsibility should-have mistake 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? Jack Nicholson good-person nice littles There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss. Jack Nicholson influence lying people I don't play golf competitively. I tell everybody that I cheat so they won't gamble with me. That's why you can't watch football. Everybody's gambling. They don't want to watch the game; they watch the spread. Jack Nicholson gambling golf football Liberalism is the right to question without being called a heretic. That's what America did for the world. Jack Nicholson liberalism america world Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them. Jack Nicholson scripts might way Children give your life a resonance that it can't have without them. Jack Nicholson resonance giving children 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. Jack Nicholson style lasts actors I wasn't a babe in the woods. I'd watched a lot of stars, from James Dean to Brando, and I'd seen everybody alive work at MGM. I had a certain old-timer's quality, even though I was young and new, and drew on what I believed before I made it. Jack Nicholson quality alive stars There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it. Jack Nicholson criticism agreement white The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I decided I didn't want to make my living depressing people or making them go home sick, so I just decided I wanted to do comedy for a while and study it for a while. It doesn't mean everybody should do that, but that was my reaction. Jack Nicholson depressing home mean OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them. Jack Nicholson like-me made directors A man needs a private life. With no ability to have a private life, one thing leads to another, and before you know it we have Bill and Monica. We need to get real about things. Humans are humans. Why should we expect more? Jack Nicholson real men needs
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