The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
JAMES DEANIn fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
More James Dean Quotes
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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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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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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