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Remember: Life is short, break the rules

James Dean

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 DEAN

Dance Dream Forever Love Meant Today
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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Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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Ground Like Own Reach Really Show Try
I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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Bond Idealistic Lover Metaphysical Physical Relationship Sacrifice Ultimate
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Coem Delayed Doing Gratification Result
I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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Anybody Anything Explain People Power Proof
Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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Broken Dream Forgive Laugh Life Quickly Regret Remember Short
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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Biy Easy Good Man Mark Not Proud Understand
What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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Believe Motivated Need Picture Psychologically Relationship Thinking Truth
Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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Adulthood Closer Dream High School Senior Thinking
The only greatness for man is immortality.
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Greatness Identity Immortality Man Only Proof
If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Contribute Interfere might Nothing Progress World
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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Allowed Button Express Freedom Push Robot Role Space Unthinking
Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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Absolutely Ago Ancient Author Classic Foreign Heart Long Musician Painter People Philospher
To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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Actor Before Course Cradle Neurosis Set Thinking
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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Great Greatest House People Popular School Theatre
My fun days are over.
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Day Feeling Fun Good Mine Over Picture
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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Dance Forever Knew Live Love Meant Today Watching
Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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Cigarette Drinking Idea Learn Preconceived Reality Smoke Smoking
You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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Act Drink Drinking Need Show Them
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Feel Only Racing Time Whole
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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Actor Being Concentration Imagination Loneliest Thing World
Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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Fast Good Live Looking Young
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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Away Core Effort Everything Store Subconscious Superhuman
Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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Break Life Regret Remember Rule Short
I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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Announce Auditing Craft House Member People Proud School Stride
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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Actor Following Instruction Inspirational Motivational Order Play Scene

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