I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANWhat 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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My fun days are over.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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