#36: Chooses to Stay Unmarried and Calls Marriage a Prison Sentence
Throughout his life, Jack Nicholson never remarried after his divorce from Sandra Knight. When asked why, he joked that marriage was “a prison sentence” and that he valued freedom too much. For him, love was meant to be passionate and alive — not bound by rules or routine.

Still, beneath the humor, there was honesty. Nicholson admitted that his fear of commitment cost him lasting companionship. He often said he loved many women but never knew how to stay. His independence made him a legend, but it also left him deeply alone.
