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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.

James Dean

Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEAN

Cigarette Drinking Idea Learn Preconceived Reality Smoke Smoking
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.
JAMES DEAN

Experience Learn Lifetime Possible Short Span State
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.
JAMES DEAN

Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
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 DEAN

Allowed Button Express Freedom Push Robot Role Space Unthinking
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.
JAMES DEAN

Dream Early Follow Future never School Senior Start
I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEAN

Discovery Existence Prime Reason Thinking World
I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
JAMES DEAN

Country Day Four Hour Texan Twenty Want Wish
A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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Biy Easy Good Man Mark Not Proud Understand
Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEAN

As Die Dream Forever Live Today You
He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
JAMES DEAN

Away Core Effort Everything Store Subconscious Superhuman
You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
JAMES DEAN

Act Drink Drinking Need Show Them
Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
JAMES DEAN

Absolutely Ago Ancient Author Classic Foreign Heart Long Musician Painter People Philospher
Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEAN

Actors Both Done Good Harder Man
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.
JAMES DEAN

Acting Logical Manifest Need Neurose People Way
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.
JAMES DEAN

Dance Dream Forever Love Meant Today
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.
JAMES DEAN

Director Physical Point Qualification Task Way

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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