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Jack Nicholson is an iconic American actor and filmmaker, celebrated for his intense performances and distinctive style. His diverse career spans several decades, featuring roles in classics such as "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "The Shining." He is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors in cinema history. Here are 92 of his quotes:

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. (Jack Nicholson)
I'm not hard to get along with. View quote
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I don't have any plugs or tucks but people do what they want. I look at it as mutilation. View quote
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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. View quote
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My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing. View quote
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I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy. View quote
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I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them. View quote
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Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop. View quote
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I'm an actor who they said was wrinkled and balding and everything else when I was in my early 30's. Most of the people who wrote that who thought they were younger than me are now bald and wrinkled. View quote
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Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot. View quote
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What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts. (Jack Nicholson)
I have a lot of vanity. View quote
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I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped. View quote
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I don't know if this is a true statistic, but I heard somewhere that there are three times as many single women over forty as single men. That's what we got from the women's movement. The chickens have come home to roost. View quote
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I don't want people to know what I'm actually like. It's not good for an actor. View quote
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I've been too many places. I'm like the bad penny. View quote
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We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, a younger woman is a type, but not necessarily a type for me. And what is a younger woman? I mean, I'm pretty old. Almost everyone is younger. View quote
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago. View quote
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It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing. (Jack Nicholson)
Never rub another man's rhubarb. View quote
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I don't play golf competitively. I tell everybody that I cheat so they won't gamble with me. That's why you can't watch football. Everybody's gambling. They don't want to watch the game; they watch the spread. View quote
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Most of the early part of an actor's career, you do the jobs you get. View quote
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I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that. View quote
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Occupation: American Actor
Born: April 22, 1937
Quotes count: 92
Wikipedia: Jack Nicholson

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