When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
JAMES DEANIf 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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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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