Top 51 Quotes by Jack Nicholson

I'm a good friend.

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.

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.

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

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.

I have a lot of vanity.

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.

I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.

A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.

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.