An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
JAMES DEANI have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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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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In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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My fun days are over.
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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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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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