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?
JAMES DEANBeing a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
More James Dean Quotes
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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The greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
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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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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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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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