Quotes By Jack Nicholson

With my sunglasses on, I'm Jack Nicholson. Without them, I'm fat and 60.

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.

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.

I'm the last guy in the world to feel overlooked by the Academy.

I'm a good friend.

I have a lot of vanity.

There is no way you can get people to believe you on screen if they know who you really are through television.

The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.

If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.

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.

The camera photographs what's there.

People who speak in metaphors should shampoo my crotch.

The minute that you're not learning I believe you're dead.

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails.

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

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.

I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye.