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.
JAMES DEANYou need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
More James Dean Quotes
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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 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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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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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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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.
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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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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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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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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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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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