I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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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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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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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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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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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