Jack Nicholson on acting

My mother never saw the irony in calling me a son-of-a-bitch.

You only lie to two people in your life: your girlfriend and the police.

The average celebrity meets, in one year, ten times the amount of people that the average person meets in his entire life.

The secret of acting is sincerity. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.

George Burns1896–1996

The art of acting consists in keeping people from coughing.

Ralph Richardson1902–1983Often credited to Benjamin Franklin

If there’s anything unsettling to the stomach, it’s watching actors on television talk about their personal lives.

Marlon Brando1924–2004

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