A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
JAMES DEANHow can you measure acting in inches?
More James Dean Quotes
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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. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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