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.
JAMES DEANAn actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
More James Dean Quotes
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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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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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 wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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