A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
JAMES DEANThe only greatness for man is immortality.
More James Dean Quotes
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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.
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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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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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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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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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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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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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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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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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