You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANDream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
More James Dean Quotes
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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