I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
JAMES DEANAnd he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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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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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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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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My fun days are over.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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