When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANI 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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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My fun days are over.
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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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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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