Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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
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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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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
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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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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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.
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