I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
JAMES DEANI 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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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’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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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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.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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