Among Hollywood actors, I have enjoyed working with Jack Nicholson the most. No doubt about that. He is a great actor. He maybe a bit eccentric, but he's a great performer. It's a pity that I only had two days work with him. But in two days there was a growth in the relationship.
After four, five hours of makeup on the set I went and asked the chief assistant that I wanted to know if there was some corner where I could smoke. He said, 'Om your trailer is just outside that door, that is one place, the second place is that place on the set but that is for Jack Nicholson'. I said never mind, I'll go out it's not a big distance to the trailer.
Then we had a rehearsal and Mike Nichols where an entire five-page scene was my scene because I had to do the all talking and most of the time Jack Nicholson was listening.
After we did the scene, meantime, the chief assistant must have asked Nicholson if I could smoke in his area… he didn't reply. After the rehearsal, Jack was going through the corridor, near the door he turned back, looked at me, very naughty kind of expression, and made the smoke sign. So we sat together and smoked over ample number of coffees.
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