Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANIt’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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