414 Quotes by Jack Nicholson

Son, we live in a world that has walls and those walls have to be guarded by men with guns. Who’s gonna do it? You!?

Through all permutations and youthful poetry, I came to believe that the film actor was the great “literateur” of his time.

I’d prefer if people had no impressions of me. As a kid, I had to tell my own family, “Please, just don’t talk about me!” Because they always got it wrong. Always. I just didn’t want them to tell anyone anything about me.

I don’t think many people have a very good understanding of leisure and the importance it plays in our lives.

Sometimes a bit of distance can be very healthy. You can go away by yourself on a trip and come back very glad to be with your partner because you’ve cleared your head out of all the negativity.

That’s what I like about the movie business: you’re always in contact with wonderful and interesting people.

Children give your life a resonance that it can’t have without them.

I am a person who is trained to look other people in the eye. But I can’t look into the eyes of everyone who wants to look into mine; I can’t emotionally cope with that kind of volume. Sunglasses are part of my armor.

I mean, it’s real hard to be free when you’re bought and sold in the marketplace.