Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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’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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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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
JAMES DEAN