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.
JAMES DEANI firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
More James Dean Quotes
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A 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.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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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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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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 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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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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