Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
JAMES DEANYou’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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It’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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A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
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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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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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