Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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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 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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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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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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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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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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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You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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