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.
JAMES DEANI can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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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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Studying 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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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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My fun days are over.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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