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With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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John Joseph Nicholson
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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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When I come up against a director who has a concept that I don't agree with, or maybe I just haven't thought of it or whatever, I'd be more prone to go with them than my own because I want to be out of control as an actor, I want them to have the control, otherwise it's going to become predictably my work, and that's not fun.
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Because of the way the business is structured, I have sometimes turned down scripts that I might otherwise have accepted had I known who was directing them.
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Comedy is much harder, it's a lot more exacting. You can't just be real and you can't just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.
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The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.
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My point of view, while extremely cogent, is unpopular. . . . That the repressive nature of the legalities vis-a-vis drugs are destroying the legal system and corrupting the police system.
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Believe it or not, I supported Richard Nixon on the issue of presidential privilege. How could anyone conceive of being the president of the United States and think that every single thing that you say or do can become a part of the public record? It just seems so stupid to me.
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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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Everyone pretty much acknowledges that he's the man, and I still feel that underrates him.
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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 or manipulated them.
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I have never felt brutalized as an actor. Many actors do, some times, but I've never had that experience. If I'm not happy with the balance, I just won't work with that person again.
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I don't think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.
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I've always understood money it's not a big mystical thing to me.
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I've always had lots of friends who share my perspective - I guess you could say that I'm a guy who aggressively pursues his happiness.
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And this, incidentally, is my thumbnail sketch of American marriage: A woman sees a man she likes him. Now she jumps on this thing and rides it to some kind of standstill. Then she changes it and trains it, and to the exact degree that she's able to do this, she disrespects him.
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I have a lot of vanity.
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Staying together is a challenge. We all have to accept qualities in other people that aren't always exactly what we want or need.
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Women -- a mistake, or did He do it to us on purpose?
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Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?
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You can follow the action, which gets you good pictures. You can follow your instincts, which will probably get you in trouble. Or, you can follow the money, which nine times out of ten will get you closer to the truth.
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