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Jack Nicholson Inspirational Quotes (146)

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You make me want to be a better man.
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I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
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With comedy, you have to do it right. In a drama, there's a lot of different ways to succeed in a moment. But comedy comes from reality. You can't try to be funny.
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There's a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do. It's free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting.
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You are more thoughtful because you don't act as quickly anymore. When I turned 70 it was the first time I felt young for my age. Fifty dropped on me like a ton of bricks - there is something about that number - but when 70 came along I felt good about it.
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If you think you’re attractive, you’re always attractive.
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I envy people of faith. I'm incapable of believing in anything supernatural.
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I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman.
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A star on a movie set is like a time bomb. That bomb has got to be defused so people can approach it without fear.
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Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.
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I don't even own a cell phone.
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The way I reacted to 9/11 was I decided I didn't want to do any movies that are sad or critical. I decided I didn't want to make my living depressing people or making them go home sick, so I just decided I wanted to do comedy for a while and study it for a while. It doesn't mean everybody should do that, but that was my reaction.
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The less people know about me, the easier my job is.
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Beer, it's the best damn drink in the world.
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I'm not hard to get along with.
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Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.
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I used to be very quick, I would be able to leave the room and be back before you noticed. When you can't do that anymore you need to change the style of how you do things. But I'm very interested in life and you don't want to lose that.
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Sometimes a bit of distance can be very healthy. You can go away by yourself on a trip and come back very glad to be with your partner because you've cleared your head out of all the negativity.
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For a long time, I was afraid to be alone. I had to learn how to be alone. And there are still times when I think, Uh-oh! I gotta talk to somebody here or I'm gonna go crazy! But I like to be alone. Now I do. I really do. There's a big luxury in solitude.
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I always knew there wasn't going to be anybody to help me and emotionally support me, that whatever I did I'd have to do on my own.
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The only way to break a bad habit was to replace it with a better habit.
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In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.
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If I were an Arab-American, I would insist on being profiled. This is not the time for civil rights. There are larger issues for Americans.
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Always try in interviews to avoid the cliches about the problems of public life.
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