Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANRemember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
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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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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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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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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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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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