But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
JAMES DEANAt times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
More James Dean Quotes
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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My fun days are over.
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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