Played tennis for years. But you can’t improve at tennis after you’re 50. You get to be in your 40s, and suddenly you’re a doubles player. – Jack Nicholson
A lot of people can’t remember things because they weren’t actually there to begin with – they don’t take it all in. – Jack Nicholson
Because you know, down deep in my heart, when all is said and done, I still live under the illusion that basically people think of me as an up-and-coming young actor. – Jack Nicholson
I’m an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30’s. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled. – 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 Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women. – Jack Nicholson
It’s a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I’ve never had any trouble identifying with the character that I’m playing. – Jack Nicholson
If you get an impulse in a scene, no matter how wrong it seems, follow the impulse. It might be something and if it ain’t – take two! – 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 dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There’s no melodrama; there’s no device, It’s just about a human being. – Jack Nicholson
I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away. – Jack Nicholson
I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I’ve always thought that it’s counterproductive to have a theory on that. – Jack Nicholson
Well, I’m not going to sit here and pretend that I haven’t been a rogue most of my life. – Jack Nicholson
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn’t repeat a success. Very often you’re going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you’re trapped. – Jack Nicholson
There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend. – Jack Nicholson
