My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
JAMES DEANOnly the gentle are ever really strong.
More James Dean Quotes
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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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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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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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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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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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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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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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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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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