At 70, Jack Nicholson is sharpening his political edge, to a point

At 70, without a thing left to prove, Jack Nicholson is sharpening his political edges. Not that he'll be showing up at any presidential campaign rallies.

"I, by choice, am not an activist at this point," Nicholson said. "I think Sean Penn is the greatest living American in a certain way, because he's a man of action. ... I feel by being a neutralist in this area, in my actual field of endeavor I can be more effective."

That didn't stop the icon of Hollywood cool from talking of solar power, Tony Blair, oil industry propaganda and his friendship with the Clintons in an interview with The Associated Press. Cooly, of course.

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