A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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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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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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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Being 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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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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My fun days are over.
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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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