When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANI want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
More James Dean Quotes
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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My fun days are over.
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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN