How can you measure acting in inches?
JAMES DEANIn fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
More James Dean Quotes
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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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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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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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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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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