Remember: Life is short, break the rules
JAMES DEANHe must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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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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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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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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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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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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