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.
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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You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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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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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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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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