"I went through the windshield and broke my nose in four places and had a long time to look at my life," she told People. But, in 1980, after a serious car accident, she decided she needed to make a change and moved out of Nicholson's house to live on her own. Jack and I have an understanding."įor years, Huston put her own acting ambitions on hold and devoted her time and attention to Nicholson.
Understanding is a better word than commitment. When I hear it, I see myself enduring a long dreary ritual. We see each other when we want to, and at our best. If you have a long relationship, as we've had, you go through changes. On the subject of marriage, Huston said, "We both believe in keeping our freedom. Sometimes she turns me down, sometimes she says yes, and we don't get around to it. In their joint cover story in People magazine in 1985, Nicholson said he asked Huston to marry him "all the time. Huston also admitted Nicholson would send her mixed messages - he would alternately ask her to stick around or he wouldn't call her he also told her they should "cool it" followed by a call to ask her out on a date. I guess they were at the end of their relationship at that point," Huston wrote. I lifted my glass airily and said, 'I'm downstairs, and I just thought I'd come up to say hi.' He introduced Michelle, not missing a beat.
"As I reached the table, a shadow passed quickly over Jack's face, like a cloud crossing the sun. Since that was the day of their cancelled date, Huston couldn't resist going up to Nicholson's table to let him know she had seen them together. It turned out to be his ex-girlfriend, actor and singer Michelle Phillips. That night, Huston was out at dinner with friends when they spotted Nicholson at the restaurant with a "pretty blonde". 'It's not witty enough, and derogatory to both of us.'" "'Does that make me a secondary one?' I asked. "Then I got a follow-up call, Jack saying that he was sorry he had to cancel our date because he had a previous obligation," Huston wrote in her memoir, Watch Me. She did.Īnd that was the start of their 17-year long relationship.Ī few days after that first night together, Nicholson asked Huston out on a date. Huston and Nicholson danced and flirted for hours, and later, he asked her to stay the night. I'm Jack, and I'm glad you could make it." She had seen him on screen, of course, and was already more than a little in love with him when he opened the front door, flashed his trademark killer smile, and drawled, "Good evening, ladies. It was early evening in April, 1973, and Huston and her friends were attending Nicholson's 36th birthday party at his house on Mulholland Drive in LA. The first time 21-year-old Anjelica Huston clapped eyes on Jack Nicholson, she thought, "Ah! Yes.
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