Quote

Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get.

Jack Nicholson

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
Actor
Art Collector
Character Actor
Film Actor
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Television Actor
Writer
Neptune
New Jersey
John Joseph Nicholson
Career
Careers
Actor
Actors
Jobs
Part
Early

More quotes by Jack Nicholson

Image
If you think you’re attractive, you’re always attractive.
Jack Nicholson
Image
The only way to break a bad habit was to replace it with a better habit.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I guess this proves there are as many nuts in the Academy as anywhere else.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I have never lied to you, I have always told you some version of the truth.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I just know that sameness, repetition, and conceptualizing are the acting craft's adversaries, and it seems more intelligent to start off within a framework where those things are, to some degree, taken out of your hands.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
Jack Nicholson
Image
There's a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it.
Jack Nicholson
Image
Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I have given a name to my pain, and it is Batman.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I suppose I can do more for a script as an actor than as a writer - in the film sense.
Jack Nicholson
Image
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.
Jack Nicholson
Image
Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.
Jack Nicholson
Image
One of my school friends' parents owned a minigolf course, and a bunch of us kids would play there all day in the summer. Two-under deuces was a good score.
Jack Nicholson
Image
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.
Jack Nicholson
Image
I'm definitely still wild at heart.
Jack Nicholson
Image
A man needs a private life. With no ability to have a private life, one thing leads to another, and before you know it we have Bill and Monica. We need to get real about things. Humans are humans. Why should we expect more?
Jack Nicholson
Image
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.
Jack Nicholson
Image
Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It's human nature.
Jack Nicholson
Image
For an actor, style comes last. You first have to implement the whole thing, but your style comes from the subconscious, which is the best part an actor brings to his work.
Jack Nicholson
Image
Just because you're perfectionist doesn't mean you're perfect.
Jack Nicholson