Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANI’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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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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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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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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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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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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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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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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