"If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?"
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The line is built like a trap: “If I make a move” shrinks performance to a tiny gesture, then “some critic” widens the problem to an anonymous chorus of gatekeepers. Slater’s punchline - “cut off my eyebrows?” - turns the demand for distinction into body horror-lite, a cartoonish act of self-erasure. That exaggeration is the point. Critics, he suggests, aren’t asking for better choices; they’re asking for a different face, a different set of signals, something that won’t trigger the Nicholson comparison machine.
There’s a sly insecurity under the humor: the fear that talent isn’t what’s being judged, just resemblance. It also doubles as a defense. By framing the critique as absurd, Slater reclaims power over it, inviting the audience to laugh at the critics’ laziness while quietly admitting how sticky those narratives become. In Hollywood, lineage can be a compliment and a cage; Slater makes the cage visible, then rattles it.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Slater, Christian. (2026, January 16). If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows? FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-make-a-move-like-raise-my-eyebrows-some-139137/
Chicago Style
Slater, Christian. "If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?" FixQuotes. January 16, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-make-a-move-like-raise-my-eyebrows-some-139137/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"If I make a move, like raise my eyebrows, some critic says I'm doing Nicholson. What am I supposed to do, cut off my eyebrows?" FixQuotes, 16 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/if-i-make-a-move-like-raise-my-eyebrows-some-139137/. Accessed 25 Feb. 2026.
