And 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 DEANBeing an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
More James Dean Quotes
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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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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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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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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It’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.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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