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.
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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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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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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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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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 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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