Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
JAMES DEANAnd 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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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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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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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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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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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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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.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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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 also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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