When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANRemember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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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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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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