Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANAn 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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