The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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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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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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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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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
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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