Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANThe greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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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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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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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.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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 a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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