Jack Nicholson

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

Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean,…

— Jack Nicholson

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don't love.

— Jack Nicholson

I have never lied to you, I have always told you some version of the truth.

— Jack Nicholson

I'm in the movie business; it's meant to be very cutthroat. But you won't find anybody that ever says I cheated them…

— Jack Nicholson

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

Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

— Jack Nicholson

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

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

— Jack Nicholson

Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember,…

— Jack Nicholson

“I don't wanna be a product of my environment; I want my environment to be a product of me.”

— Jack Nicholson

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

— Jack Nicholson

I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.

— Jack Nicholson

I didn't know that my sister was really my mother until I was thirty-seven years old. But life has taught me that…

— Jack Nicholson

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy.

— Jack Nicholson

I'm certainly not as tough as people think. I'm not a fighter and so forth. I'd just as soon go home.

— Jack Nicholson

Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or…

— Jack Nicholson

I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans, who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second that you…

— Jack Nicholson

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about…

— Jack Nicholson

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great "literateur" of his time.

— Jack Nicholson

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the…

— Jack Nicholson

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself.

— Jack Nicholson

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

I've always fought against being controlled and manipulated and stomped upon by circumstances.

— Jack Nicholson

I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this?…

— Jack Nicholson