Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEANA 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
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If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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My fun days are over.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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