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.
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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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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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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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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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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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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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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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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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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