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title: "2 Free Bought Quotes By Jack Nicholson"
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> [I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-mean-it-s-real-hard-to-be-free-when-you-are-bought-and-sold-in-the/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

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> [I mean, it's real hard to be free when you are bought and sold in the marketplace. Of course, don't ever tell anybody that they're not free, 'cause then they're gonna get real busy killin' and maimin' to prove to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-mean-it-s-real-hard-to-be-free-when-you-are-bought-and-sold-in-the-2/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

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## More by Jack Nicholson

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/freedom-in-every-sense-but-primarily-political-sense-a-rise-in/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/women-are-sort-of-like-motorcycle-gangs-with-me-they-get-really-shy/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-love-writing-but-i-stopped-because-i-felt-i-was-more-effective/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-ve-been-too-many-places-i-m-like-the-bad-penny/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-was-invited-to-join-the-mgm-cartoon-department-but-if-i-d-started/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-don-t-play-golf-competitively-i-tell-everybody-that-i-cheat-so-they/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-m-such-a-perfectionist-i-always-feel-overpraised-or-whatever-in-the/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/men-dominate-because-of-physicality-and-thus-they-have-mercy-where/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-think-it-s-good-if-a-man-gives-a-woman-some-time-to-herself-because/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/the-most-difficult-thing-about-being-well-known-getting-out-of-a/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [ He \[Castro\] is a genius. We spoke about everything. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/he-castro-is-a-genius-we-spoke-about-everything/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [I've always had an urge to feed my need to have fun and feel free. I don't see any interesting alternatives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-ve-always-had-an-urge-to-feed-my-need-to-have-fun-and-feel-free-i/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/take-caution-in-your-tone-commander-i-m-a-fair-man-but-this-heat-is/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [The stage has a certain discipline. But the ultimate standard is more exacting in film, because you have to see yourself and you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/the-stage-has-a-certain-discipline-but-the-ultimate-standard-is-more/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/comedy-is-much-harder-it-s-a-lot-more-exacting-you-can-t-just-be-real/)

[Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/)

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