Jack Nicholson
Jack Nicholson
John Joseph "Jack" Nicholsonis an American actor and filmmaker, having performed for nearly 60 years. He is known for playing a wide range of starring or supporting roles, including satirical comedy, romance and dark portrayals of excitable and psychopathic characters. In many of his films, he has played the "eternal outsider, the sardonic drifter", and someone who rebels against the social structure...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth22 April 1937
CityNeptune City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I come from the Lynchs of Sligo. You know, I went there, but I looked in the phone book and there are nine million Lynches in Sligo.
I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away.
You look at someone long enough, you discover their humanity.
Take caution in your tone, commander. I'm a fair man, but this -- heat is making me absolutely crazy.
Liberalism is the right to question without being called a heretic. That's what America did for the world.
I am in an age group where it is rude to discuss money, and now it is all anyone cares about.
Even in the most sophisticated person, it is the primitive eye that watches the film.
Charlize Theron and Cate Blanchett are very good actresses.
I've always understood money; it's not a big mystical thing to me.
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.
Acting is everybody's favorite second job.
The most difficult thing about being well known? Getting out of a hotel room at 4am.
I never thought in terms of typing myself, because I wasn't that successful. After an actor has done a few pieces of work, his naïveté is the part of the craft he has to nurture most.