One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
JAMES DEANOne of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
JAMES DEANAnd he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
JAMES DEANIf I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
JAMES DEANThe gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEANI have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
JAMES DEANWhen an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANDream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANOnly the gentle are ever really strong.
JAMES DEANIt’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
JAMES DEANWhen 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.
JAMES DEANI don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
JAMES DEANA 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.
JAMES DEANI also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
JAMES DEANAnyone 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.
JAMES DEANTo my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
JAMES DEANMy purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
JAMES DEAN