At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
JAMES DEANYou’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
More James Dean Quotes
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around 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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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 think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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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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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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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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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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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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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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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.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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