I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
JAMES DEANYou’re tearing me apart!
More James Dean Quotes
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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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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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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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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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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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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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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