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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.

James Dean

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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Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Change Dream Forever Life Positive Today
I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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Anyone Fawn Herat People Soul Tangible Trouble Unable
It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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Child Children Function Involved School Theatrical Thinking
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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Acting Great Logical Manifest Need Neurise People Themselves Way
I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Destroy Film Light Performance Tell
In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Feet Lesson Life More Put Remember Seek
I 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.
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Boy Know Man Mother Old Stumbling Tried
Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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Car Driving Easy May Mine Save
Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Fault Kid Often Parent Work
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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Actor Before Being Done Easy Good Harder Man
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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Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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Experience Learn Lifetime Possible Short Span State
Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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Absolutely Ago Ancient Author Classic Foreign Heart Long Musician Painter People Philospher
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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Contribute Interfere might Nothing Progress World
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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Great Greatest House People Popular School Theatre

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