Jack Nicholson movie quotes

“Never let a stranger in your cab, in your house or in your heart... unless he is a friend of labor.”
Jack Nicholson - James R. Hoffa

“- Delbert Grady: Your wife appears to be stronger than we imagined, Mr. Torrance. Somewhat more... resourceful. She seems to have got the better of you.
- Jack Torrance: For the moment, Mr. Grady. Only for the moment.”
Philip Stone - Grady
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance

- Carol Connelly: I'm not going to sleep with you! I will never sleep with you, never, ever! Not ever!
- Melvin Udall: Well, I'm sorry, but, um... we don't open for the "no sex oaths" until 9am.

Julie Benz - Carol Connelly
Jack Nicholson - Melvin Udall

“- Lloyd: Women: can't live with them, can't live without them.
- Jack Torrance: Words of wisdom, Lloyd my man. Words of wisdom.”
Joe Turkel - Lloyd
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance

“- Melvin Udall: I can't get back to my old life. She's evicted me from my life!
- Simon Bishop: Did you really like it all that much?”
Jack Nicholson - Melvin Udall
Greg Kinnear - Simon Bishop

“- Francis Phelan: She is a bum, or just a plain drunk?
- Rudy: She's been a bum all her life.
- Francis Phelan: No, nobody... 'been a bum all her life'. She had to be somethin' else before she was a bum.”

Jack Nicholson - Francis Phelan
Tom Waits - Rudy

“I met her in a church. It just happened. I knew she was the woman for me. She'd organized the scam in Vegas. I go looking for the bad guy and it turns out to be my woman, can you imagine this? Not only that, Pop tells me she's the piece man for the Nettabino contract. Just the same, I love her, Mae... I love her.”

Jack Nicholson - Charley Partanna

“- Jack Torrance: You are concerned about him.
- Wendy Torrance: Yes!
- Jack Torrance: And are you concerned about me?
- Wendy Torrance: Of course I am!
- Jack Torrance: Of course you are! Have you ever thought about my responsibilities?!”

Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance
Shelley Duvall - Wendy Torrance

“- Melvin Udall: Can I ask you a personal question?
- Simon Bishop: Sure.
- Melvin Udall: You ever get an erection over a woman?”
Jack Nicholson - Melvin Udall
Greg Kinnear - Simon Bishop

“Jack dreams that he can hustle the American working man, who's one dream is that he could be rich enough not to work, into a revolution led by his party.”
Jack Nicholson - Eugene O'Neill

“- Barbara Land: Do you have to drink in front of me?
- Art Land: You're an adult. Cope.”

Annette Bening - Barbara Land
Jack Nicholson - Art Land

“What we generally do in this country is one guy brings the items and the other guy pays him. No tickee, no laundry.”
Jack Nicholson - Frank Costello

“- Frank Costello: Do you trust him?
- Mr. French: Well, these days, who's reliable?”

Jack Nicholson - Frank Costello
Ray Winstone - Mr. French

Does it matter to you at all that the owners have placed their complete confidence and "trust" in me, and that I have signed a letter of agreement, a "contract", in which I have accepted that responsibility? Do you have the slightest idea what a "moral and ethical principal" is? Do you? Has it ever occurred to you what would happen to my future,... (continue)(continue reading)

Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance

“- Edward Cole: These cats eat the beans, digest them and then... defecate. The villagers then collect and process the stools. It is the combination of the beans and the gastric juices of the tree cat that give Kopi Luwac... [starts laughing] its unique flavor... and aroma. You're shitting me!
- Carter Chambers: [laughing] Cats beat me to it!”

Jack Nicholson - Edward
Morgan Freeman - Carter

“A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you. You have to take it.”
Jack Nicholson - Frank Costello

“I'm used to seein' the intimate details of people's lives, but lookin' at a guy's x-rays is as intimate as it gets. It's the kind of thing most guys don't even tell their wives about.”
Jack Nicholson - Jake Gittes

“- Bill Rorish: This is a brutal layoff. And all because they couldn't program Wednesday nights.
- Paul Moore: You can make it less brutal by knocking a million or so off your salary... Bad joke, I'm sorry.”
Jack Nicholson - Bill Rorish
Peter Hackes - Paul Moore

“Temper is the one thing you can't get rid of, by losing it.”
Jack Nicholson - Dr. Buddy Rydell

“- Carter: What are you so afraid of?
- Edward: Just because I told you my story, does not invite you to be a part of it!”
Morgan Freeman - Carter
Jack Nicholson - Edward

“You know what they used to say in the old days? Tell me now or else I'm going to find out about it anyway.”

Jack Nicholson - James R. Hoffa

“- Col. Nathan R. Jessup: Ever put your life in another man's hands, ask him to put his life in yours?
- Lt. Daniel Kaffee: No, sir.
- Col. Nathan R. Jessup: We follow orders, son. We follow orders or people die. It's that simple.”
Jack Nicholson - Col. Nathan R. Jessup
Tom Cruise - Lt. Daniel Kaffee

When I was your age, they would say you could become cops or criminals. Today what I'm saying to you is this: "When facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?".
Jack Nicholson - Frank Costello

“- Jack Torrance: Mr. Grady, you were the caretaker here. I recognize ya. I saw your picture in the newspapers. You, uh, chopped your wife and daughters up into little bits. And then you blew your brains out.
- Delbert Grady: That's strange, sir. I don't have any recollection of that at all.”
Jack Nicholson - Jack Torrance
Philip Stone - Grady

“- Garrett Breedlove: I like the lights on.
- Aurora Greenway: Then go home and turn them on.”
Jack Nicholson - Garrett Breedlove
Shirley MacLaine - Aurora Greenway