Jack's Viagra boast

He may be over retirement age and by his own admission is finding it harder to live up to his womanising reputation.

But Jack Nicholson, 66, is not quite ready to put his wild days behind him - as demonstrated by his latest boast: "I only take Viagra when I am with more than one woman."

Such encounters are, however, rarer these days. Nicholson, who is single, admitted he does not go out very much.

He said: "I think it is very unattractive for me to be seen fawning over little, tiny girls. I didn't feel that for a long time but now I do." Then, with a laugh, he added: "If I could slip them out the back entrance wrapped in a blanket, that's a different story."

Nicholson said that many of the Hollywood marriages he has seen fall apart would have been saved by the anti-impotence drug Viagra.

"It's such a death knell when you say to someone 'Honey, I can't do it'. If anyone ever said it to me I don't know that I would ever recover."

But age has taken Nicholson by surprise. "I can't run or jump or stand up all night," he said. "And I am always a little bit

shocked when I look in the mirror."

In his new film, Something's Gotta Give, he plays Harry, an ageing womaniser who only dates women under 30 - until he falls for a divorced fiftysomething.

In real life Nicholson has been married once, to actress Sandra Knight, which ended in 1967.

He also had a long relationship with actress Anjelica Huston, which ended when he became involved with Rebecca Broussard. Most recently he has been linked with actress Lara Flynn Boyle but they split up a year ago.