I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
JAMES DEANIf 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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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 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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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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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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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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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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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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