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I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.
Jack Nicholson
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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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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.
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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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I take responsibility for my successes as well as my failures. But when I look at my professional mistakes, I'm always left with the feeling that maybe I should have done more.
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I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans, who are trained to kill me, so don't think for one second that you can come down here, flash your badge and make me nervous.
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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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[on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right.
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I love writing, but I stopped because I felt I was more effective approaching filmmaking from a different vantage point.
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We live, we die, and the wheels on the bus go round and round.
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