Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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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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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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 clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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