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.
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.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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 also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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