The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEANI’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
More James Dean Quotes
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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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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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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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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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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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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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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A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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