Man From U.N.C.L.E Persuaded Nicholson Not To Quit

Jack Nicholson almost off his bet on on an acting calling during his youth afterward suffering a loss of confidence, according to his pal Robert Vaughn. The Shining histrion became so frustrated while rehearsing scenes with Vaughn in a mid-1950s acting class, he considered embarking on a different life history path. But, in his upcoming memoir, A Fortunate Life, Vaughn reveals he managed to persuade Nicholson to change his intellect. Vaughn writes, "He stated, `Vaughnie, I'm going to give myself two more years in this commercial enterprise. Then I'm going to look for another means to make a surviving.' "'Hang in thither, Jack, ' I told him. 'You're too loretta Young to quit.'" Nicholson took the advice, lastly "figured out how to do this thing called acting", and shot to fame in 1969's Easy Rider.