In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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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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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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