Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANStudying 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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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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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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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