In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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.
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And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
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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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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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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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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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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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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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