JACK NICHOLSON's teenage kids bring the actor to tears all the time because they have such "grace".

The movie icon admits he often gets weepy in the presence of American footballer Ray and wannabe designer Lorraine - the children from his 1990s romance with Rebecca Broussard.

He explains, "Ray's the youngest player on his varsity team, and he's bigger than me! I cried watching my son's first touchdown. I got tears in my eyes from laughing with joy. "I look at Ray and Lorraine now, and I see grace. They both have it. I don't think it came from me. But they're relaxed within their own grace. I'm rich in knowing that."