A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
JAMES DEANBeing a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
More James Dean Quotes
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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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.
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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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My fun days are over.
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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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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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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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