I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
JAMES DEAN
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 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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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