The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEANRemember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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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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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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