You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANTo grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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 don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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