I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I think human beings have a basic instinct to be free and explore their world in their own way. I've always been… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
A man needs a private life. With no ability to have a private life, one thing leads to another, and before you… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
At 55 I said the probability is I won't have another relationship. I just didn't want to start another family. Between my… — 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 Image
Women are sort of like motorcycle gangs with me. They get really shy and polite. I don't know why. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Men dominate because of physicality, and thus they have mercy where women do not. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
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 Image
The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
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 Image