QUOTE:
I’m very contra my constituency in
terms of abortion because I’m positively against it. I don’t have the right to
any other view. My only emotion is gratitude, literally, for my life.
AUTHOR: Jack Nicholson A.K.A John Joseph "Jack" Nicholson
(born April 22, 1937) is an American actor, film director, producer, and
writer. He is renowned for his often dark portrayals of neurotic characters.
His twelve Oscar nominations make him the second most nominated actor of all
time, behind only Meryl Streep, and tied with Katharine Hepburn.
Nicholson
has been nominated for an Academy Award twelve times and has won the Academy
Award for Best Actor twice: for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest and for As
Good as It Gets. He also won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
for the 1983 film Terms of Endearment. He is tied with Walter Brennan
for most acting wins by a male actor (three). Nicholson is well known for
playing villainous roles such as Jack Torrance in The Shining, Frank
Costello in The Departed, and the Joker in 1989's Batman, among
many other roles.
Nicholson
is one of only two actors who have been nominated for an Academy Award for
acting in every decade from the 1960s to 2000s; the other is Michael Caine. He
has won seven Golden Globe Awards, and received a Kennedy Center Honor in 2001.
In 1994, he became one of the youngest actors to be awarded the American Film
Institute's Life Achievement Award. Notable films in which he has starred
include Easy Rider, Five Easy Pieces, Chinatown, One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Passenger, The Shining, Reds,
Terms of Endearment, Batman, A Few Good Men, As Good as
It Gets, About Schmidt, Anger Management, and The Departed.
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