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.
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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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My fun days are over.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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