An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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 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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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My fun days are over.
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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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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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A 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.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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