Jack Nicholson list of goals. In researching the role, Nicholson visited a Los Angeles hospital to see how cancer patients coped with their illnesses. Nicholson's next film role saw him reunite with James L. Brooks, director of "Terms of Endearment", "Broadcast News", and "As Good as It Gets", for a supporting role as Paul Rudd's character's father in the 2010 film "How Do You Know". It had been widely reported in subsequent years that Nicholson had retired from acting because of memory loss, but in a September 2013 "Vanity Fair" article, Nicholson clarified that he did not consider himself retired, merely that
The Border (1982 film) The Border (1982 film) The Border is a 1982 American drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Jack Nicholson, Harvey Keitel, Valerie Perrine, Elpidia Carrillo and Warren Oates. Immigration enforcement agent Charlie Smith lives in California with his wife, Marcy, in a trailer. She persuades him to move to a duplex in El Paso shared by her friend and border agent Cat. She opens a charge account and starts to purchase expensive items like a water bed as she tries to build a dream home. Cat gradually introduces Charlie to the human smuggling operation he runs with their supervisor