If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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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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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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