He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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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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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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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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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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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