Quotes by Nick Nolte

“Now, there is always a tremendous fear of science and progressing forward into areas of the unknown and it is a valid fear. Some of the genetic alterations of food are a little edgy.”

“You do come to a point where you can get your life in control a bit. But going through life, you discover these deep, dark things in yourself that you cant run away from, so you have to learn to embrace them. I mean, the difference between a murderer and myself is only that I choose not to do it. But Im totally capable.”

“If you feel you have a film thats valid, you stick your ass on the line.”

“If its ball four, all you have to do is say ball four, ... You dont have to say take your base.”

“I had to get some real ballplayers and real umpires to give instructions,”

“When you are making the one you are doing, you think it is the greatest film going, ... And then you do another one and it is a great film.”

“Theres a little bit of awe you have in Terry, and so it makes you deeply committed to him and the process, ... C.”

“He had one scene, one scene, and I think he had one line. And he was a director, and I was the actor auditioning. It was a spoof on what happens in Hollywood.”

“because there are a lot of characters that arent followed through.”

“You cant help but learn something from this experience,”

Its failure, really, that you grow by, although nobody likes to experience it.

Birth is violent, and out of that violence is our only chance of rebirth.

Americans arent good at accents, but the English are because their accents change. You go five or six blocks and the accent is different, so they are used to hearing different pitches. In America, you gotta travel maybe 10 states before you can really hear a difference.

Asking for forgiveness is just one of the most painful kind of experiences.

Living in a small town, one of the keys to survival was your imagination.

Youre playing a role, but youre still feeling it. You can walk away from it after Cut, but if youre playing a sad or mixed-up person, its hard to stay in that place for these longish period of times. You kind of have to check out.

You have to struggle a bit, hustle a little, and be willing to go bankrupt. Once youre willing to do that, everything opens up and you get the freedom. My joke is that next year, Ill make the first film that costs zero dollars.

I never felt comfortable in real life very well. Its always been an awkward kind of thing for me and so when I hit the stage I just sensed freedom. I sensed, Heres a place that I can have all the experiences of life and not feel uncomfortable about it.