An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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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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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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