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The less people know about me, the easier my job is.

Jack Nicholson

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Jack Nicholson
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: April 22
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John Joseph Nicholson
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I think the Greeks invented sports as an antidote to philosophy. In sports there are absolute rules. It's not, What about this? What about that? Either you're safe or you're out. It's ten yards or it's not. It's in the hoop or out of the hoop. It's certain.
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There are major influences on us that people are not aware of. There are big lies that nobody's willing to discuss.
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I look for a director with a script he likes a lot, but I'm probably after the directors more than anything.
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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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I only take Viagra when I'm with more than one woman.
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In the real world there's an after-effect of disappointment if you lose an argument. But if, to begin with, you're set up not to have this particular autonomy, then you're not disappointed.
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I don't even own a cell phone.
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With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.
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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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[on the birth of his son after having had two daughters] I finally got it right.
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I have never lied to you, I have always told you some version of the truth.
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If you think you’re attractive, you’re always attractive.
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It's not like I'm starved for company - I have a few very good lady friends - but there's only a certain amount of times a woman wants to see you and never go out for dinner.
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As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.
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I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama there's no device, It's just about a human being.
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Almost everybody's happy to be a fool for love.
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I love the company of people. I always have and always will, it comes with my family. But earlier in life I might have got a little nervous if I was alone for a day or two in a row. I might think, Where are they? Now, I just go on doing naturally what I do.
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I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.
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