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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.

James Dean

I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
JAMES DEAN

Around Feel Like Me Myself Protect
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEAN

Acting Director Following Instructions Order Play
Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEAN

Actors Both Done Good Harder Man
Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEAN

Cigarette Drinking Idea Learn Preconceived Reality Smoke Smoking
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.
JAMES DEAN

Dance Dream Forever Love Meant Today
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.
JAMES DEAN

Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Alone Being Concentration Imagination Loneliness Thing
On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
JAMES DEAN

Anyone Challenge Day However Painting Pull Studio Through
To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Before Course Cradle Neurosis Set Thinking
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.
JAMES DEAN

Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
JAMES DEAN

Actual Early Government Implement Need Right Secure Something
The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEAN

Greatness Identity Immortality Man Only Proof
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Being Concentration Imagination Loneliest Thing World
You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
JAMES DEAN

Act Drink Drinking Need Show Them
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.
JAMES DEAN

Adequate Art Book Force Idea Knowledge Satanic
You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEAN

Ground Like Own Reach Really Show Try

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