--- title: "19 Ifs Quotes By Jack Nicholson" description: "19 Ifs quotes by Jack Nicholson. Plus more from Jack Nicholson and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/jack-nicholson-1283_actor_i-believe-in-making-all-movies-at-their_2434477.jpg" --- > [I believe in making all movies at their most reasonable. That I get a lot of money as an actor is because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-believe-in-making-all-movies-at-their-most-reasonable-that-i-get-a/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a7/jack-nicholson-1283_actor_i-believe-in-making-all-movies-at-their_2434477.jpg) > [If you want your freedom, you have to be willing to work hard to exercise it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/if-you-want-your-freedom-you-have-to-be-willing-to-work-hard-to/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9af/jack-nicholson-1283_exercise_if-you-want-your-freedom-you-have-to-be_1406283.jpg) > [If I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled. This is not the time for civil rights. There are larger…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/if-i-were-an-arab-american-i-would-insist-on-being-profiled-this-is/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb9/jack-nicholson-1283_civil-rights_if-i-were-an-arab-american-i-would-insis_2016964.jpg) > [I would never say, "I'm retired." I believe if I decided to just not work, in six months everybody would just forget…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-would-never-say-i-m-retired-i-believe-if-i-decided-to-just-not-work/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e17/jack-nicholson-1283_believe_i-would-never-say-i-m-retired-i-believe_988260.jpg) > [I was invited to join the MGM cartoon department. But if I'd started work in animation I'd have had to take a…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e06/jack-nicholson-1283_animation_i-was-invited-to-join-the-mgm-cartoon-de_36797.jpg) > [There are many directors in the middle range who've made mostly successful pictures, and then there are a few great directors who've…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/there-are-many-directors-in-the-middle-range-who-ve-made-mostly/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f7/jack-nicholson-1283_categories_there-are-many-directors-in-the-middle-r_1493183.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-don-t-remember-if-i-ve-been-asked-seriously-to-direct-a-picture-i/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffb/jack-nicholson-1283_actors_i-don-t-remember-if-i-ve-been-asked-seri_3131069.jpg) > [If it is difficult to know yourself as an individual, it seems to be more complex as a couple. So if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/if-it-is-difficult-to-know-yourself-as-an-individual-it-seems-to-be/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/jack-nicholson-1283_complexes_if-it-is-difficult-to-know-yourself-as-a_1318657.jpg) > [I love the company of people. I always have and always will, it comes with my family. But earlier in life I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-love-the-company-of-people-i-always-have-and-always-will-it-comes/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e8/jack-nicholson-1283_business_i-love-the-company-of-people-i-always-ha_2284228.jpg) > [I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-ve-never-lost-a-friend-over-work-i-come-from-a-small-town/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a0/jack-nicholson-1283_childhood_i-ve-never-lost-a-friend-over-work-i-com_2624161.jpg) > [I have never felt brutalized as an actor. Many actors do, some times, but I've never had that experience. If I'm not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-have-never-felt-brutalized-as-an-actor-many-actors-do-some-times/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/931/jack-nicholson-1283_actors_i-have-never-felt-brutalized-as-an-actor_1167507.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/in-the-real-world-there-s-an-after-effect-of-disappointment-if-you/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e8/jack-nicholson-1283_argument_in-the-real-world-there-s-an-after-effec_3063910.jpg) > [I usually don't get too bogged down with my personal problems because that's a one-way street if you get yourself into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-usually-don-t-get-too-bogged-down-with-my-personal-problems-because/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/471/jack-nicholson-1283_dark_i-usually-don-t-get-too-bogged-down-with_2365699.jpg) > [I think it's good if a man gives a woman some time to herself because I think we all need that and…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/jack-nicholson-1283_benefits_i-think-it-s-good-if-a-man-gives-a-woman_123137.jpg) > [There has long been a bemoaning of the lack of opportunity to make films that are anything but explosions or the ladling…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/there-has-long-been-a-bemoaning-of-the-lack-of-opportunity-to-make/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/962/jack-nicholson-1283_cinema_there-has-long-been-a-bemoaning-of-the-l_918502.jpg) > [I'd prefer if people had no impressions of me. As a kid, I had to tell my own family, "Please, just don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-d-prefer-if-people-had-no-impressions-of-me-as-a-kid-i-had-to-tell/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/325/jack-nicholson-1283_ifs_i-d-prefer-if-people-had-no-impressions_195139.jpg) > [I don't know if this is a true statistic, but I heard somewhere that there are three times as many single women…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-don-t-know-if-this-is-a-true-statistic-but-i-heard-somewhere-that/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c9/jack-nicholson-1283_chickens_i-don-t-know-if-this-is-a-true-statistic_1391455.jpg) > [Many actors will try something different once, but if it isn't a box office success they'll never do it again. In my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/many-actors-will-try-something-different-once-but-if-it-isn-t-a-box/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f7/jack-nicholson-1283_actor_many-actors-will-try-something-different_341436.jpg) > [If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/if-you-re-going-to-write-write-one-poem-all-your-life-let-nobody-read/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/293/jack-nicholson-1283_ifs_if-you-re-going-to-write-write-one-poem_3202935.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/jack-nicholson/#itemlist", "name": "19 Ifs Quotes By Jack Nicholson", "numberOfItems": 19, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I believe in making all movies at their most reasonable. 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