When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANThere is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all 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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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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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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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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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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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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