I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
JAMES DEANI firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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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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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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