I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANThe 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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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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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 grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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It 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
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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.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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 didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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