Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANIt’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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