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And 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.

James Dean

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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Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
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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Act Drink Drinking Need Show Them
I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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Arm Behind Behind Back Going Tied
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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Drown Fish Genuis Sand Swim Water
Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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Boy Make Mark Mind Mine Remember
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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Away Core Effort Everything Store Subconscious Superhuman
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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Child Children Function Involved School Theatrical Thinking
I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Destroy Film Light Performance Tell
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?
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Ashamed Confused Day Everything Feel One
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Acting Director Following Instructions Order Play
It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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Dream Early Follow Future never School Senior Start
And 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.
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Allowed Button Express Freedom Push Robot Role Space Unthinking
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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Actor Belong Best Happen Keep Nothing Thing Youngest
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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Demand Kid Parent Picture Psychological Thinking
I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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Adequate Fair Knowledge Satanic
I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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Discovery Existence Prime Reason Thinking World

And 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.

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And 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.

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