How can you measure acting in inches?
JAMES DEANAnyone 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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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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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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