My fun days are over.
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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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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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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.
JAMES DEAN