414 Quotes by Jack Nicholson

You’re anachronistic when you know that your feelings aren’t going to have any effect on anything.

If you’re going to write, write one poem all your life, let nobody read it, and then burn it. This is very young thinking, I confess, but it is the seminal part of my life.

I don’t remember if I’ve been asked seriously to direct a picture. I understand that. I’m very good business for people as an actor and perhaps they’d rather I didn’t.

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

Human beings are always going to find interesting ways of making a mess of their lives. It’s human nature.

Comedy is much harder, it’s a lot more exacting. You can’t just be real and you can’t just use the same kind of techniques you use to fill up a regular scene.

I don’t even own a cell phone.

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.

Well, a girlfriend once told me never to fight with anybody you don’t love.