Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I did not want to be coming off the stage at the mercy of what somebody else told me I did. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I believe in making all movies at their most reasonable. That I get a lot of money as an actor is because… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
There are short parts that I as an actor am very right for. Or I just like the part. Or you need… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I don't remember if I've been asked seriously to direct a picture. I understand that. I'm very good business for people as… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I have never felt brutalized as an actor. Many actors do, some times, but I've never had that experience. If I'm not… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, Maybe it works, but in comedy, when… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
As an actor, I want to give in to the collaboration with the director because I don't want my work to be… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The first role I ever played I had the lead and it's pretty much stayed that way, though people take great relish… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Many actors will try something different once, but if it isn't a box office success they'll never do it again. In my… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
It always bothered me when people came off stage and were told how great they were. They weren't, really, in my opinion.… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
With comedy, you have to do it right. In a drama, there's a lot of different ways to succeed in a moment.… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Freedom in every sense but primarily political sense, a rise in repression that stems from a repression of sexuality. It's AIDS, it's herpes, it's… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a cut in… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
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… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
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… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
I think it's good if a man gives a woman some time to herself because I think we all need that and we can… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
I've always had an urge to feed my need to have fun and feel free. I don't see any interesting alternatives. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and you are… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share
