Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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