Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANIt is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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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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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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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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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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My fun days are over.
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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