Top 51 Quotes by Jack Nicholson

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.

Just let the wardrobe do the acting.

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.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's all that counts.

I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age.

I've spent more time playing golf than anything else the last 18 years. Just wanted to be an 80s-shooter. Got there, too.

I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation.

My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.

I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.