Chinatown
“‘Course I’m respectable. I’m old. Politicians, ugly buildings, and whores all get respectable if they last long enough.” – John Huston as Noah Cross
Tag: Jack Nicholson
Broadcast News
“Sorry… sex, tears… this must be the news.” – Albert Brooks as Aaron Altman
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
“Which one of you nuts has got any guts?” – Jack Nicholson as R.P. McMurphy
Reds
“Look, what does a capitalist do? Let me ask you that, Mike. Huh? Tell me. I mean, what does he make, besides money? I don’t know what he makes. The workers do all the work, don’t they? Well, what if they got organized?” – Warren Beatty as John Reed
The Departed
“Church wants you on your place. Kneel, stand, kneel, stand. If you go for that sort of thing, I don’t know what to do for you. A man makes his own way. No one gives it to you.” – Jack Nicholson as Frank Costello
As Good as It Gets
“Have you ever let a romantic moment make you do something that you knew was stupid?” – Helen Hunt as Carol Connelly
Terms of Endearment
“I know you like me. I know it. For the last year or two, you’ve been pretending like you hate me. I love you very much. I love you as much as I love anybody, as much as I love myself.” – Debra Winger as Emma Horton
Hoffa
“Never let a stranger in your cab, in your house or in your heart… unless he is a friend of labor.” – Jack Nicholson as Jimmy Hoffa
