We celebrate the actor’s birthday remembering some memorable lines from his characters, have you ever danced with the devil in the moonlight?
John Joseph Nicholson, better known simply as Jack Nicholsonwas born on April 22, 1937 in Neptune City, New Jersey. Roger Corman He was the first to bet on the actor, offering him small roles in his many productions. Its premiere was in ‘scream, murderer‘, from 1958, but his claim to fame came in 1969 when Dennis Hopperwho was making his directorial debut, counted on him to join the adventure he was planning with Peter Fonda. When it premieredEasy Rider‘ the legend began.
“I would be very happy if I didn’t smoke, for many reasons. I can’t believe I can’t kick the habit. I don’t want to be lying around dying in Cedar Sinai Hospital thinking I was so stupid, a man who is just as afraid of dying as I am, like to have done it to myself. I’m a real cat scared of mortality.”
With the adventure of the quiet bikers came the first of his twelve Oscar nominations, three of them statuette after the ceremony: ‘Some one flies over the cuco’s nidus‘ (Milos Forman, 1975), ‘the strength of affection‘ (James L. Brooks, 1983) and ‘Better… impossible‘ (James L. Brooks, 1997).
“I’m serious when I say that if you can’t appreciate Brando, I wouldn’t know how to talk to you. If there’s one thing obvious in life, it’s this. Other actors don’t go around arguing who’s the best actor in the world, because it’s obvious: Marlon Brando.” it is”.
To celebrate the birthday of the unrepeatable interpreter, we have selected some of the most famous phrases pronounced by his characters on the big screen. ‘infiltrators‘ (Martin Scorsese, 2006), ‘Better… impossible‘ (James L. Brooks, 1997), ‘Batman‘ (Tim Burton, 1989), ‘The glow‘ (Stanley Kubrick, 1980), ‘some good men‘ (Rob Reiner, 1992), ‘Some one flies over the cuco’s nidus‘ (Milos Forman, 1975), ‘Easy Rider (Looking for my destiny)‘ (Dennis Hopper, 1969) and ‘shop of horrors‘ (Roger Corman, 1960) are part of this selection.
“For a long time I was afraid of being alone. I had to learn to be alone. And there are still times when I think: Uh-oh! I have to talk to someone here or I’ll go crazy! But I like being alone. Now I like it. I really like it. There’s a great luxury in solitude.”
But, to pay tribute to Nicholson as he deserves, we cannot forget gems from the history of cinema such as ‘the shooting‘ (Mount Hellman, 1966), ‘the last duty‘ (Hal Ashby, 1973), ‘Chinatown‘ (Roman Polanski, 1974), ‘The reporter‘ (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1975), ‘the postman Always calls two times‘ (Bob Rafaelson, 1981), ‘Reds‘ (Warren Beatty, 1981), ‘the strength of affection‘ (James L. Brooks, 1983), ‘The honor of the Prizzi‘ (John Huston, 1985), ‘The Eastwick Witches‘ (George Miller, 1987) or ‘Mars Attacks!‘ (Tim Burton, 1996).
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