Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature. — 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
You know, I think I understand what you're like now. You're very beautiful and you think men are only interested in you… — 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
When they say I'm a great actor, I close my ears because it's not good for you to think that way. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
The only way to break a bad habit was to replace it with a better habit. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I have to keep myself in check when I go to the kids' sports events. I sit waaay in the back. I… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I know I can act. There aren't too many other jobs I know how to do. Financially, I've lost money and made… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
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… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I have mainly been interested in acting. I think it's a great job, a fine way to live your life. — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I want a big 25-foot pink statue that holds my grave. Or I also might like the way the Indians did it.… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I've never lost a friend over work. I come from a small-town environment and I remember my childhood impressions that, if 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
I don't believe that relationships are fixed things. People are necessarily complex and confused beings. We don't always do the right thing,… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands… — Jack Nicholson Copy Share Image
There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television. — 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
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
In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's… — 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