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Racing is the only time I feel whole.

James Dean

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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Between Bridge Death Gap Great Life Live Man
It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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Child Children Function Involved School Theatrical Thinking
Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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Break Life Regret Remember Rule Short
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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Accept Art Experience Expression Interpret Life Order Willing
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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Gentle Inspirational Life Motivational Strong
An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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Actual Early Government Implement Need Right Secure Something
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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Actor Before Being Done Easy Good Harder Man
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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Dance Forever Knew Live Love Meant Today Watching
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Acting Director Following Instructions Order Play
You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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Ground Like Own Reach Really Show Try
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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Actor Dedication Duty Express Imagination Interpret Man Problem Significance
But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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Behaviour Idyllic Kid Picture Show Trying
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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Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
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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Adequate Art Book Force Idea Knowledge Satanic
Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Change Dream Forever Life Positive Today
Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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Director Physical Point Qualification Task Way

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