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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.

James Dean

I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
JAMES DEAN

Destroy Film Light Performance Tell
To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Before Course Cradle Neurosis Set Thinking
An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
JAMES DEAN

Actual Early Government Implement Need Right Secure Something
Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
JAMES DEAN

Allow Belief Consideration Opinionated Prime Trust Two Yourself
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
JAMES DEAN

Able Appreciate Beauty Endowed Nature Now World
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.
JAMES DEAN

Accept Art Experience Expression Interpret Life Order Willing
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.
JAMES DEAN

Afraid Everything Goal Mark Ultimate Worthwhile
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.
JAMES DEAN

Director Physical Point Qualification Task Way
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?
JAMES DEAN

Ashamed Confused Day Everything Feel One
On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
JAMES DEAN

Anyone Challenge Day However Painting Pull Studio Through
I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
JAMES DEAN

Adequate Fair Knowledge Satanic
But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
JAMES DEAN

Behaviour Idyllic Kid Picture Show Trying
You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
JAMES DEAN

Act Drink Drinking Need Show Them
I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
JAMES DEAN

Demand Kid Parent Picture Psychological Thinking
I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
JAMES DEAN

Anyone Fawn Herat People Soul Tangible Trouble Unable
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
JAMES DEAN

Actor Belong Best Happen Keep Nothing Thing Youngest

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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