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Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.
Jack Nicholson
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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.
Jack Nicholson
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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.
Jack Nicholson
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I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.
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In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.
Jack Nicholson
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I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.
Jack Nicholson
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.
Jack Nicholson
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People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.
Jack Nicholson
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I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.
Jack Nicholson
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I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled.
Jack Nicholson
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I'm a New Wave baby, so I got very stimulated by foreign film.
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