I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.
Jack NicholsonRead
I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.
Interpretation
Jack Nicholson views his portrayal of the Joker as a significant artistic achievement.
In this quote, Jack Nicholson expresses his pride in his role as the Joker, emphasizing that he sees it as not just a performance, but an important piece of pop art. This suggests that he values the creative and cultural impact of his work, highlighting the intersection of film and art in popular culture.
In practice
This quote is perfect for a discussion about the role of actors in creating art.
I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.
I sort of understood that when I first started: that you shouldn't repeat a success. Very often you're going to, and maybe the first time you do, it works. And you love it. But then you're trapped.
Almost everybody's happy to be a fool for love.
In my last year of school, I was voted Class Optimist and Class Pessimist. Looking back, I realize I was only half right.
My whole career strategy has been to build a base so that I could take the roles I want to play. I'd hate to think that a shorter part might not be available because I was worried about my billing.
It's a slight stretch of the imagination but most people are alike in most ways so I've never had any trouble identifying with the character that I'm playing.
I don't start a novel until I have lived with the story for awhile to the point of actually writing an outline and after a number of books I've learned that the more time I spend on the outline the easier the book is to write. And if I cheat on the outline I get in trouble with the book.
The great work must inevitably be obscure, except to the very few, to those who like the author himself are initiated into the mysteries. Communication then is secondary: it is perpetuation which is important. For this only one good reader is necessary.
I believe that a good children's book should appeal to all people who have not completely lost their original joy and wonder in life. The fact is that I don't make books for children at all. I make them for that part of us, of myself and of my friends, which has never changed, which is still a child.
Beauty is something wonderful and strange that the artist fashions out of the chaos of the world in the torment of his soul.
Night came walking through Egypt swishing her black dress.
There must be a story within him/her that wants to come out. That's the reason why 'Dil Chahta Hai,' 'Lagaan,' and 'Rang De Basanti' worked so well: Ashutosh, Farhan, and Rakesh had a story inside them. It's very important that the director should have the fire in the belly to tell the story.
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