In the movie "As Good As It Gets" (with Helen Hunt and Jack Nicholson), Nicholson's character plays a writer whose caustic personality belies his success at writing romance novels.

A memorable scene in the movie occurs when a fan asks Nicholson how he writes about women so knowledgeably.

"Easy," he says, "I think about a man and then I take away reason and accountability."

Nicholson's character never met Jeri.