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.
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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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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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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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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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 fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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