I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
JAMES DEANHow can you measure acting in inches?
More James Dean Quotes
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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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.
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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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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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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.
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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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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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