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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.

James Dean

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.
JAMES DEAN

Devil Gauche Little Minded People Serious Tene Terrible
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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Behaviour Idyllic Kid Picture Show Trying
Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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Boy Make Mark Mind Mine Remember
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Choice Conditioning Crook Fish Great Impaled Swim Truly Water
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
JAMES DEAN

Gentle Inspirational Life Motivational Strong
I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Destroy Film Light Performance Tell
If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Contribute Interfere might Nothing Progress World
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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Adequate Art Book Force Idea Knowledge Satanic
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Coem Delayed Doing Gratification Result
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Conditioning Crook Great Impaled Truly Way World
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Dedication Duty Express Imagination Interpret Man Problem Significance
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
JAMES DEAN

Dance Forever Knew Live Love Meant Today Watching
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
JAMES DEAN

Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
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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Great Greatest House People Popular School Theatre
I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
JAMES DEAN

Adequate Fair Knowledge Satanic
Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
JAMES DEAN

Director Physical Point Qualification Task Way

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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