Jack Nicholson

Film & Theater USA 1937 99 quotes

Grinning devil in The Shining, Nicholson's 'Here's Johnny!' became a quotable horror staple.

Quotes by Jack Nicholson

Baseball is like life: you never know what's going to happen.

Interview during Oscars 1989

I don't regret anything. Every scar makes me who I am.

Interview with AARP 2011

The Joker is the ultimate anarchist.

Batman (Film) 1989

Love is the most important thing in the world, but boxing is something else.

Interview about The Pledge 1996

I always play myself. When I take a role, I can do it my way.

Interview with Premiere 1983

Retirement? I'm just getting started.

Interview with CNN 2007

Horror movies are fun because they scare you, but you know it's not real.

Interview about The Shining 1980

Politics is show business for ugly people.

Interview with Entertainment Weekly 1992

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.

Interview with Late Show 1997

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

Chinatown (Film) 1974

I'm not a method actor. I just do it.

Interview about The Pledge 2001

Life's like a movie, write your own ending.

As Good as It Gets (Film) 1998

I don't believe in happy endings, but I do believe in endings.

Something's Gotta Give (Film) 2003

Acting is the expression of a neurotic impulse. It's a bum's life.

Interview with The Village Voice 1969

You want the truth? You can't handle the truth!

A Few Good Men (Film) 1992

I'm crazy, but I'm not that crazy.

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Film) 1975

The older you get, the better you get, unless you are a banana.

Interview with Roseanne Barr 2006

I think the best advice I ever got was: 'Don't take yourself so seriously.'

Interview with Oprah 1987

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.

Interview with The Independent 1994