You’re tearing me apart!
JAMES DEANHow can you measure acting in inches?
More James Dean Quotes
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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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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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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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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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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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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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If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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