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.
JAMES DEANHe must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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.
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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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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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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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