In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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