I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANI 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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Remember: 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.
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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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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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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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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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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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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In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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