Jack Nicholson never needed a script to be funny. At one point he came out with a line that has since circulated in lists of famous quotes as one of his best off-screen lines: “There are only two people in your life you should lie to: the police and your girlfriend”.
There is no clear record of which interview or exact moment he said it in, but that has not diminished its force. The line now appears among the actor’s most quoted on sites around the world.
It’s the kind of cynical humor that made him famous outside his roles too: direct, a little uncomfortable, and with that twisted logic that makes you smile before you can think twice about it. Who would you lie to? 👀