And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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 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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An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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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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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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