Jack Nicholson quotes

There's only two people in your life you should lie to... the police and your girlfriend.

Frankly, I got into the movies because I like the movies a lot.

We are going as fast as we can as soon as we can. We're in a race against time, until we run out of money.

I can't hit on women in public any more. I didn't decide this; it just doesn't feel right at my age.

There were points in my life where I felt oddly irresistible to women. I'm not in that state now and that makes me sad.

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

Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.

If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

I'm Irish. I think about death all the time.

I'll tell you one thing: Don't ever give anybody your best advice, because they're not going to follow it.

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.

Early on, if I was alone two three nights in a row, I'd start writing poems about suicide.

Financially, I've lost money and made money, but I know my way around financially.

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.

If men are honest, everything they do and everywhere they go is for a chance to see women.

If I go into a restaurant there's a very good chance that I'm going to spend my time being the mayor. If I want to have a good time, I'm happier having dinner here.

I never had a policy about marriage. I got married very young in life and I always think in all relationships, I've always thought that it's counterproductive to have a theory on that.

My motto is: more good times.

I think that's what distinguishes Schmidt, really. In the movies now, so much of what is appealing to an audience is the dramatic or has to do with science fiction, and Schmidt is simply human. There's no melodrama; there's no device, It's just about a human being.