Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANYou’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
More James Dean Quotes
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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 want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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My fun days are over.
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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 can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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 fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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