Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANAn hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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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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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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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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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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