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?
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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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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 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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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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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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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My fun days are over.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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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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