How can you measure acting in inches?
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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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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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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.
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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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