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> "If I go into a restaurant there's a good chance that I'm going to spend my moment the mayor." (Jack port Nicholson) In 1994 the North american Film Institute gave a Lifetime Achievement Award to Jack port Nicholson, who became one of the youngest actors ever to get the award. It had been a fitting choice, considering that Nicholson was already one of the very most adorned and critically acclaimed actors in the history of Hollywood. Such tributes typically come as a capstone to a star's career, not when the professional continues to be in his 50s. In fact Nicholson would continue to succeed the Oscar for Best Professional just a few years after obtaining the Lifetime Achievement Award consequently of As Good As It Gets (1997), and he'd earn another Academy Award nomination for About Schmidt (2002). Those two would give him 12 Academy Award nominations, more than any other man ever sold, and make him one of just two actors to be nominated in every ten years between 1960 and 2010. Furthermore to earning so many prizes, a lot of Nicholson's roles have become pop culture fixtures, and a lot of his most famous lines have become part of the lexicon, helping concrete his legacy and making him a living legend. Americans of all ages are familiar with the classic movies Nicholson acted in. His career has continued in to the current decade, because of his capacity to seamlessly transition into participating in different varieties of elderly jobs in everything from dramas to comedies. While any professional would be very pleased to own his application, Nicholson has transcended Hollywood stardom and has become his own institution, instantly recognizable not simply for his previous roles and sound bites also for his prominent status everywhere he should go. Whether he's seated courtside at a Lakers game or getting together with other superstars, Nicholson has constructed a graphic unlike anyone else, merging cool with bad-boy patterns. From executing bizarre pranks with Hunter S. Thompson to fighting lawsuits and going out with models, the always quotable Nicholson has apparently reveled in it all, once noting, "Well, I'm not heading to take a seat here and pretend that I haven't been a rogue most of my entire life."