I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEANI didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
More James Dean Quotes
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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 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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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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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.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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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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My fun days are over.
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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.
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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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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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Remember: 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.
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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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