With my sunglasses on, I’m Jack Nicholson. Without them, I’m fat and 60.-Jack Nicholson
The minute that you’re not learning I believe you’re dead.
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.
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.
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.
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.
There’s only two people in your life you should lie to… the police and your girlfriend.
Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don’t love.
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.
Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I’d start writing poems about suicide.