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.
JAMES DEANIt 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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How can you measure acting in inches?
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If you’re not afraid, if you take everything you are, everything worthwhile in you and direct it at one goal, one ultimate mark, you’ve got to get there.
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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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My fun days are over.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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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 also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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