You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANWhen 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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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 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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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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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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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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