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.
JAMES DEANBeing 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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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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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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Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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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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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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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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