The only greatness for man is immortality.
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.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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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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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?
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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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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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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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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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My fun days are over.
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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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