I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
JAMES DEANBeing a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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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.
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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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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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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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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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