Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
JAMES DEANParents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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