Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEANRacing is the only time I feel whole.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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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 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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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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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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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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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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