“The best way to deal with the biggest mistakes in your life is to discuss them. With everybody, including God,” says Nolte to The Associated Press while talking about the two mugshots he has had, one in 1961 and the other in 2002.
While he openly discusses both the events in his memoir “Rebel: My Life Outside the Lines,” Nolte talks especially about his first arrest and other incidents that left a mark on him, spanning across his life.