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.
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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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
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What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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