--- title: "10 Looks Quotes By Jack Nicholson" description: "10 Looks quotes by Jack Nicholson. Plus more from Jack Nicholson and more Looks sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jack-nicholson-1283_cinema_i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-l_1478052.jpg" --- > [I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-likes-a-lot-but-i-m-probably/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jack-nicholson-1283_cinema_i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-l_1478052.jpg) > [I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-other-people-in-the-eye/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jack-nicholson-1283_eye_i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-oth_964421.jpg) > [You look at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/you-look-at-someone-long-enough-you-discover-their-humanity/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/jack-nicholson-1283_enough_you-look-at-someone-long-enough-you-disc_1115985.jpg) > [I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-take-responsibility-for-my-successes-as-well-as-my-failures-but/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c22/jack-nicholson-1283_done_i-take-responsibility-for-my-successes-a_574645.jpg) > [Comedy is more difficult. You can look at scenes when you're doing a drama like, “Maybe it works,” but in comedy, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/comedy-is-more-difficult-you-can-look-at-scenes-when-you-re-doing-a/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/666/jack-nicholson-1283_comedy_comedy-is-more-difficult-you-can-look-at_3014303.jpg) > [I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye. But I can't look into the eyes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-other-people-in-the-eye-but-i/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/jack-nicholson-1283_armor_i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-oth_1470552.jpg) > [I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-just-like-art-i-get-pure-pleasure-from-it-i-have-a-lot-of-wonderful/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/148/jack-nicholson-1283_art_i-just-like-art-i-get-pure-pleasure-from_2915205.jpg) > [When you look at life retrospectively you rarely regret anything that you did, but you might regret things that you didn't do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/when-you-look-at-life-retrospectively-you-rarely-regret-anything-that/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c17/jack-nicholson-1283_life_when-you-look-at-life-retrospectively-yo_2132015.jpg) > [I think human beings have a basic instinct to be free and explore their world in their own way. I've always been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-think-human-beings-have-a-basic-instinct-to-be-free-and-explore/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d03/jack-nicholson-1283_able_i-think-human-beings-have-a-basic-instin_683500.jpg) > [You know, I think I understand what you're like now. You're very beautiful and you think men are only interested in you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/you-know-i-think-i-understand-what-you-re-like-now-you-re-very/) [Jack Nicholson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-nicholson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe0/jack-nicholson-1283_beautiful_you-know-i-think-i-understand-what-you-r_671994.jpg) ## Other authors on Looks ## 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/looks/jack-nicholson/#itemlist", "name": "10 Looks Quotes By Jack Nicholson", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Nicholson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-likes-a-lot-but-i-m-probably/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jack-nicholson-1283_cinema_i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-l_1478052.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jack-nicholson-1283_cinema_i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-l_1478052.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae3/jack-nicholson-1283_cinema_i-look-for-a-director-with-a-script-he-l_1478052.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.” — Jack Nicholson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Nicholson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-other-people-in-the-eye/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jack-nicholson-1283_eye_i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-oth_964421.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jack-nicholson-1283_eye_i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-oth_964421.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/560/jack-nicholson-1283_eye_i-am-a-person-who-is-trained-to-look-oth_964421.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.” — Jack Nicholson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You look at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jack Nicholson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-nicholson/you-look-at-someone-long-enough-you-discover-their-humanity/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/jack-nicholson-1283_enough_you-look-at-someone-long-enough-you-disc_1115985.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/jack-nicholson-1283_enough_you-look-at-someone-long-enough-you-disc_1115985.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/260/jack-nicholson-1283_enough_you-look-at-someone-long-enough-you-disc_1115985.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“You look at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.” — Jack Nicholson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. 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