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"Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real."
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"The worst thing for an actor is a director that gets on your nerves and says things that actually confuse you."

"I do think that good actors can do any part. It doesn't mean that they are the best ones to do it."

"It is unfortunate that the poor judgment shown by a small group of young actors has tarnished the reputation of every child who has ever appeared before a camera."

"I phoned this number and said, Please, sir, I want to be an actor."

"No one asked me to be an actor, so no one owed me. There was no entitlement."

"That's one of the reasons I wanted to be an actor, to be like them. And there they were at my table, all talking about how nervous they were, about the lines, and so forth. No matter how big you get, you still have the same kinds of anxieties and so forth."

"Many plays - certainly mine - are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them."
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"Jack Nicholson is a textbook actor who's very intuitive. He is absolutely brilliant at going as far as you can go, always pushing to the edge, but still making it seem real."
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