When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANAn actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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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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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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My fun days are over.
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