I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANAn actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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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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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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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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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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You are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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My fun days are over.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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You are who you are meant to be. Dance as if no one’s watching. Love as if it’s all you know. Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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