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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.

James Dean

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.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Following Instruction Inspirational Motivational Order Play Scene
Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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Dark Film Inside Light Open Tear Test Work
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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Anyone Challenge Day However Painting Pull Studio Through
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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Accept Acting Experience Feet Interpret Offer Orde Order Willing
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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Dance Dream Forever Love Meant Today
My fun days are over.
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Day Feeling Fun Good Mine Over Picture
I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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Discovery Existence Prime Reason Thinking World
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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Allowed Button Express Freedom Push Robot Role Space Unthinking
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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Cigarette Drinking Idea Learn Preconceived Reality Smoke Smoking
I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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Bond Idealistic Lover Metaphysical Physical Relationship Sacrifice Ultimate
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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Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
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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Anyone Fawn Herat People Soul Tangible Trouble Unable
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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Contribute Interfere might Nothing Progress World
I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Around Feel Like Me Myself Protect
It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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Child Children Function Involved School Theatrical Thinking
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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Actor Belong Best Happen Keep Nothing Thing Youngest

Mind you, my boy will make his mark.

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