An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
JAMES DEANThere is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
More James Dean Quotes
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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.
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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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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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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’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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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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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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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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My fun days are over.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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