Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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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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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.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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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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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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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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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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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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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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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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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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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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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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You’re tearing me apart!
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