Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
JAMES DEANIf you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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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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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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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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