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You can't say, I'm gonna make a hit movie. You're as dead as you could be.

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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John Joseph Nicholson
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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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I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this it just doesn't feel right at my age.
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I have never lied to you, I have always told you some version of the truth.
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Everyone pretty much acknowledges that he's the man, and I still feel that underrates him.
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In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
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A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
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You can't handle the truth!
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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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Once I got started acting I loved it.
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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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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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Once you've started a film you don't become a wet noodle. You must have that conflictual interface because you don't know, and they don't know. It's through conflict that you come out with something that might be different, better than either of you thought to begin with.
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I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.
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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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When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women.
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I'd give my goddamned soul for just a glass of beer.
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Time keeps no measure when true friends are parted, No record day by day the sands move not for those who, loyal-hearted, friendship's firm laws obey.
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That's what I like about the movie business: you're always in contact with wonderful and interesting people.
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