I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANHow can you measure acting in inches?
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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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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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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