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 DEANMy purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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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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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.
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