I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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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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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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