But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
JAMES DEANParents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
More James Dean Quotes
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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.
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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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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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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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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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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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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.
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Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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