Heeeeeeeere’s Jack!

Don’t you just love Jack Nicholson movie quotes? Everyone does, right? And trying to sound like him when you quote one is a bonus. Below are popular lines from some of his most popular movies, and I’ve highlighted my favourites, of course. So please forgive me if I’ve left yours out.

CHINATOWNPopular Quote:  (After a character asks if his bandaged nose hurts) “Only when I breathe.”My Fav: “I want the truth!” (Mainly because of the much more famous quote he makes 18 years later.)

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

Popular Quote: “I must be crazy to be in a loony bin like this.”

My Fav: “But I tried, didn’t I? At least I #$%& did that.”

THE SHININGPopular Quote: “Here’s Johnny!”My Fav: “Danny! Daddy’s home!”

BATMANPopular Quote: “And where is the Batman? He’s at home washing his tights!”My Fav: “Wait til they get a load of me?” (SO hard to pick just one for this movie!)

A FEW GOOD MENPopular Quote: “You can’t handle the truth!”My fav: “I eat breakfast 300 yards from 4000 Cubans who are trained to kill me, so don’t think for one second that you can come down here, flash a badge, and make me nervous.”

AS GOOD AS IT GETSPopular Quote: “You make me want to be a better man.”My fav: (After Helen Hunt’s character says he gave her the best compliment she’d ever received) “Well, maybe I overshot a little, because I was aiming at just enough to keep you from walking out.”

ANGER MANAGEMENT

Popular Quote: “By the way, I like to sleep in the nude.”My fav: “Shut your pie hole, we’re working here!”

SOMETHING’S GOTTA GIVEPopular Quote: “Erica, you are a woman to love.”My Fav: “Schmucks are people too.”

THE DEPARTEDPopular Quote: “When I was your age they would say we can become cops, or criminals. Today, what I’m saying to you is this: when you’re facing a loaded gun, what’s the difference?”My Fav: “One of us had to die. With me, it tends to be the other guy.”

THE BUCKET LISTPopular Quote: “The last months of his life were the best months of mine.”My Fav: “My dear friend, close your eyes and let the waters take you home.”

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Best Actress:

Helen Hunt as Carol Connelly in . I’ve always appreciated her acting and I think she’s one of the most underappreciated actresses today.Best Actor: Other than Jack, I’d like to give this one to Brad Dourif in . He was nominated for best supporting actor at the Oscars and won a Golden Globe for “new star of the year” for his portrayal of Billy Bibbit.Best Quote: (Answering the question how he writes women so well) “I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.” — Jack Nicholson as Melvin Udall in As Good as It Gets.

Sadly, there are so many great Jack movies that I haven’t seen yet. The one I’m looking most forward to is  (1970) and Hoffa (1992) I’m not in any hurry to see , though…