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.
JAMES DEANTake it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
More James Dean Quotes
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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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.
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He 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.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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