If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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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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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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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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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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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My fun days are over.
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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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