We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money. Jack Nicholson More Quotes by Jack Nicholson More Quotes From Jack Nicholson If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life. Jack Nicholson youngwritingthinking It always bothered me when people came off stage and were told how great they were. They weren't, really, in my opinion. It was then I started thinking that, contrary to conventional wisdom, film was the artful medium for the actor, not the stage. Jack Nicholson actorspeoplethinking The less people know about me, the easier my job is. Jack Nicholson easierjobspeople I did not want to be coming off the stage at the mercy of what somebody else told me I did. Jack Nicholson stagemercywant I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most. Jack Nicholson actorsdonesuccessful As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director. Jack Nicholson elementsmeandirectors I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue. Jack Nicholson effortbluethinking As an actor, I want to give in to the collaboration with the director because I don't want my work to be all the same. The more this can be done with comfort, the more variety my work has had. Jack Nicholson collaborationgivingdirectors I just know that sameness, repetition, and conceptualizing are the acting craft's adversaries, and it seems more intelligent to start off within a framework where those things are, to some degree, taken out of your hands. Jack Nicholson intelligenttakenhands In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed. Jack Nicholson realdisappointmentworld I have mainly been interested in acting. I think it's a great job, a fine way to live your life. Jack Nicholson live-your-lifejobsthinking I goddamn near lost my nose. And I like it. I like breathing through it. Jack Nicholson hiding-somethingbreathingnoses He [Castro] is a genius. We spoke about everything. Jack Nicholson castrospokesgenius I am in an age group where it is rude to discuss money, and now it is all anyone cares about. Jack Nicholson groupsrudeage I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film. Jack Nicholson wavefilmbaby There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television. Jack Nicholson believepeopletelevision I resist all established beliefs. My religion basically is to be immediate, to live in the now. Jack Nicholson live-in-the-nowbelief Played tennis for years. But you can't improve at tennis after you're 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you're a doubles player. Jack Nicholson tennisplayeryears I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye. Jack Nicholson eyepeoplelooks I want a big 25-foot pink statue that holds my grave. Or I also might like the way the Indians did it. They hang you up on the top of a tree and the birds eat you. No, really I would probably choose cremating. Jack Nicholson feettreebird
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