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.
JAMES DEANParents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
More James Dean Quotes
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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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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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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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?
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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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.
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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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