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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.
Jack Nicholson
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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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If you're going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life.
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Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile.
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When you use a dialect, you worry that the people you're imitating will think you're making fun of them.
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[on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right.
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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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I love women who have a strong sense of themselves because I know I have a pretty good idea of what I want out of life and I like to be around other people who are also pretty secure. It just makes things easier.
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