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
JAMES DEANThere is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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 can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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