Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANIt is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
More James Dean Quotes
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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