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
As a means of supporting experiential element in film, once I begin to work on a particular movie I consider myself to be the tool of the director.
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.
Once I got started acting I loved it.
I hate giving advice, because people won't take it.
I thought of myself as part of the general filmmaking effort. And as my scope broadened, I began to think about directing. I wanted to be the guy who got to say whether the dress is red or blue.
I like to not care that much about criticism, but I do care about it.
I'm definitely still wild at heart.
I'm not a power person. I like everyone to be on an equal footing.
OK, the director makes the movie. But some movies can't get made without someone like me in them.
The camera photographs what's there.
A lot of people can't remember things because they weren't actually there to begin with - they don't take it all in.
Now comes the part where I relieve you, the little people, of the burden of your failed and useless lives. But remember, as my plastic surgeon always said: if you gotta go, go with a smile.
And this, incidentally, is my thumbnail sketch of American marriage: A woman sees a man; she likes him. Now she jumps on this thing and rides it to some kind of standstill. Then she changes it and trains it, and to the exact degree that she's able to do this, she disrespects him.
Dissembling is a common tool of the anger junkie.