Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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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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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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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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