More from James Dean
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
James DeanJames Dean And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
James DeanJames Dean An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
James DeanJames Dean When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
James DeanJames Dean You’re tearing me apart!
James DeanJames Dean 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.
James DeanJames Dean 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.
James DeanJames Dean 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.
James DeanJames Dean 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.
James DeanJames Dean Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
James DeanJames Dean 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?
James DeanJames Dean Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
James DeanJames Dean There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
James DeanJames Dean 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.
James DeanJames Dean I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
James DeanJames Dean Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
James DeanJames Dean
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I managed to cut myself loose and while there was pain – there weren’t any blood.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh Free will exist only in a confused mind.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland If you are true to yourself, you are already a winner.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
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More on acting
Modelling is only about the look. In acting, it’s the feel that matters.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn Everything about acting drives me and gives me the need to really try it. It’s an evolution – doing the same thing for 12 years is kind of a chunk.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn For modelling, you have to be such a strong person in a way – or seen to be a strong person, do you know what I mean? But in acting you have to get in touch with all the vulnerability that you carry.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn And what I love is that it’s such a creative process, with a bunch of people, and I wanted that more, which is how the acting thing came about.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn For modeling, I was always creating characters. I dress like a tomboy. So, when I’d go into a shoot, there’d be all these dresses, and I’d say to myself, ‘Okay, this isn’t me. It’s somebody else. So, who is this person?’ Acting is the next level of that.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn To be supportive of myself, I have to go with what I want to do. I started acting and I was so mesmerized.
Agyness DeynAgyness Deyn If pity was always equally alive and acting in all individuals and in all circumstances, we could do away with moral. Unfortunately, it is not compassion, but rather it’s contrary, selfishness, that act most strongly in us.
Afrikan SpirAfrikan Spir I feel blessed to have had the accumulation of life experiences that I’ve had, life experience just adds to the depths of a persons richness, as with acting!
Aeriel MirandaAeriel Miranda
