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 DEANBut you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
More James Dean Quotes
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My fun days are over.
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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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