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 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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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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