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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.

James Dean

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.
JAMES DEAN

Broken Dream Forgive Laugh Life Quickly Regret Remember Short
Remember: Life is short, break the rules
JAMES DEAN

Break Life Regret Remember Rule Short
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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Director Physical Point Qualification Task Way
You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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Dance Forever Knew Live Love Meant Today Watching
You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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Ground Like Own Reach Really Show Try
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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Anyone Fawn Herat People Soul Tangible Trouble Unable
A 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.
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Drown Fish Genuis Sand Swim Water
In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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Experience Learn Lifetime Possible Short Span State
My fun days are over.
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Day Feeling Fun Good Mine Over Picture
You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEAN

Dance Dream Forever Love Meant Today
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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Able Appreciate Beauty Endowed Nature Now World
To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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Actor Before Course Cradle Neurosis Set Thinking
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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Behaviour Idyllic Kid Picture Show Trying
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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Devil Gauche Little Minded People Serious Tene Terrible
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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Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
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
JAMES DEAN

Actor Belong Best Happen Keep Nothing Thing Youngest

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