I think of a man and I take away reason and accountability.
Jack NicholsonRead
In other words, I wouldn't like to be an actor if I could only be real. I like to get wild, behaviorally wild, and it's crazy to think of any form where it's just one way.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the value of embracing chaos and complexity in artistic expression.
Jack Nicholson expresses his disdain for a simplistic or purely realistic approach to acting. He appreciates the freedom and excitement that comes with exploring different, often wild, behavioral interpretations in performance, suggesting that true artistry transcends conventional boundaries and encompasses a spectrum of expressions.
In practice
This quote could be used in a discussion about the creative process in theater classes.
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.
I was particularly proud of my performance as the Joker. I considered it a piece of pop art.
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.
Whenever we have seen a crevice in the crust of convention, we have called attention to it, because we have hoped for a force underneath, which will someday come to light.
Art cannot change the world, but it can contribute to changing the consciousness and drives of the men and women who could change the world.
Art is not just to show life as it is, but to show life as it should be.
Beauty is truth's smile when she beholds her own face in a perfect mirror.
It is the mission of art to remind man from time to time that he is human, and the time is ripe, just now, today, for such a reminder.
If you write fiction, you're by yourself. There are certain advantages to that in that you don't have to explain anything to anybody. But when you get in with others who share the loneliness of the whole enterprise, you're not lonely anymore.
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