You’re tearing me apart!
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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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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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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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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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