I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEANIf I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
More James Dean Quotes
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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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