The only way to break a bad habit was to replace it with a better habit. Jack Nicholson More Quotes by Jack Nicholson More Quotes From Jack Nicholson I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. Jack Nicholson sports philosophy thinking What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts. Jack Nicholson pals beautiful Everybody said I was good, but being known and not having a big film success is almost tougher than being completely new. It just kind of turned my life around and was definitely a highlight. Jack Nicholson film bigs kind I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny. Jack Nicholson pennies I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy. Jack Nicholson lasts guy world Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially. Jack Nicholson made lost way I used to be very quick, I would be able to leave the room and be back before you noticed. When you can't do that anymore you need to change the style of how you do things. But I'm very interested in life and you don't want to lose that. Jack Nicholson style would-be needs I do pray. I pray to something...up there. I have a God sense. It's not religious so much as superstitious. It's part of being human, I guess. Jack Nicholson being-human religious praying 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. Jack Nicholson i-cheated cheated meant-to-be I come from the Lynchs of Sligo. You know, I went there, but I looked in the phone book and there are nine million Lynches in Sligo. Jack Nicholson phones nine book Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago. Jack Nicholson encounters age birthday 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. Jack Nicholson different looks art I respect the social graces enormously. How to pass the food. Don't yell from one room to another. Don't go through a closed door without a knock. Open the doors for the ladies. All these millions of simple household behaviors make for a better life. We can't live in constant rebellion against our parents - it's just silly. I'm very well mannered. It's not an abstract thing. It's a shared language of expectations. Jack Nicholson simple silly doors I have to keep myself in check when I go to the kids' sports events. I sit waaay in the back. I make sure I don't do too much cheering, you know what I mean? I'm still not quite adjusted to this modern school of thought: Oh, it doesn't matter who wins. I'm not all the way there yet, but I accept it from the back row. Jack Nicholson cheer sports school When I was in high school, I earned the pimple award and every other gross-out award. Jack Nicholson pimples awards school I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point. Jack Nicholson vantage-point different writing A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in. Jack Nicholson remember people There was a period when I just wanted to make what I wanted to make and I didn't care what lie I had to tell. Jack Nicholson care periods lying I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything. Jack Nicholson likes directors looks I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability. Jack Nicholson accountability men thinking
