If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
JAMES DEANAn actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
More James Dean Quotes
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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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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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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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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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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My fun days are over.
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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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