#us

I hate giving advice, because people won't take it. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#because #giving #hate #i #people

I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#different #every #every time #get #i

I used to think that one of the great signs of security was the ability to just walk away. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#away #great #i #just #security

I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#artists #because #been #i #influenced

In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#any #be real #could #crazy #form

In this industry, there are only two ways up the ladder. Rung by rung or claw your way to the top. It's sure been tough on my nails. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#industry #ladder #nails #only #rung

One of my school friends' parents owned a minigolf course, and a bunch of us kids would play there all day in the summer. Two-under deuces was a good score. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#bunch #course #day #friends #golf course

There's a period just before you start a movie when you start thinking, I don't know what in the world I'm going to do. It's free-floating anxiety. In my case, though, this is over by lunch the first day of shooting. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#before #case #day #first #going

When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women. ↗

— Jack Nicholson

#am #astaire #cast #clear #feel

A well-off plastic surgeon can suffer just as much as an Irish lad who has been abused or whatever. ↗

— William Nicholson

#irish #just #lad #much #plastic