You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANRemember: Life is short, break the rules
More James Dean Quotes
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My fun days are over.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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