Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
JAMES DEANOn these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
More James Dean Quotes
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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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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