Famous Quotes by American Actor Jack Nicholson

Age is the first limitation on roles that I’ve ever had to encounter and I hit that awhile ago.

I can’t hit on women in public any more. I didn’t decide this it just doesn’t feel right at my age.

Early on if I was alone two three nights in a row I’d start writing poems about suicide.

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.

Beer it’s the best damn drink in the world.

I’ll tell you one thing: Don’t ever give anybody your best advice because they’re not going to follow it.

There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.

Well a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don’t love.

I’m Irish. I think about death all the time.

I don’t have any fear of intimacy but rather thrive on it which is rare in a public person.

A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.

It’s a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I’ve never had any trouble identifying with the character that I’m playing.

The minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.

There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships I’ve always thought that it’s counterproductive to have a theory on that.

If men are honest everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

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.

Financially I’ve lost money and made money but I know my way around financially.

Frankly I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

I’m not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I’m not in that state now and that makes me sad.

I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn’t repeat a success. Very often you’re going to and maybe the first time you do it works. And you love it. But then you’re trapped.

I’m Irish. I think about death all the time.

If men are honest everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman’s part is more interesting I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.

I can’t hit on women in public any more. I didn’t decide this it just doesn’t feel right at my age.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I’m not in that state now and that makes me sad.