My fun days are over.
JAMES DEANTo me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
More James Dean Quotes
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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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.
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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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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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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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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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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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