414 Quotes by Jack Nicholson

I would never say, “I’m retired.” I believe if I decided to just not work, in six months everybody would just forget whether you were working or not.

Take caution in your tone, commander. I’m a fair man, but this – heat is making me absolutely crazy.

I feel very lucky because I don’t think there’s any part I can’t play. There are parts that scare me more than others...

I don’t know if this is a true statistic, but I heard somewhere that there are three times as many single women over forty as single men. That’s what we got from the women’s movement. The chickens have come home to roost.

Just because you’re perfectionist doesn’t mean you’re perfect.

I know I can act. There aren’t too many other jobs I know how to do. Financially, I’ve lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially. I’ve been too many places. I’m like the bad penny.

Decent people shouldn’t live here. They’d be happier some place else.

Beer, it’s the best damn drink in the world.

There’s a tacit agreement today that the white male is the only legitimate target for any and all satire, criticism, and so forth. And we pretty much just accept it.