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.
JAMES DEANYou’re tearing me apart!
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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