The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
JAMES DEANA 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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 have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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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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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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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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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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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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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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