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 an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
More James Dean Quotes
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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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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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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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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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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If 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?
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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