Quotes By Jack Nicholson

I would never complain about my life, even though I really would like to have a mate.

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.

I'm content with the fact that I made a decent effort. That's what I've always worried about: that I wouldn't try hard enough.

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.

What's beautiful is all that counts, pal. That's ALL that counts.

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.

Almost everybody's happy to be a fool for love.

I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.

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.

My motto is: more good times.

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.

I wanted to be the best actor possible. I worked very hard at the craft of it.

Once I got started acting I loved it.

Once you've been really bad in a movie, there's a certain kind of fearlessness you develop.

I'm definitely still wild at heart.

Well, I'm not going to sit here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my life.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.