My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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My fun days are over.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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It 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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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