Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEANTo me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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My fun days are over.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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If 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?
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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You’re tearing me apart!
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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