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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

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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Behaviour Idyllic Kid Picture Show Trying
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Acting Director Following Instructions Order Play
You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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Ground Like Own Reach Really Show Try
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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Boy Know Man Mother Old Stumbling Tried
I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
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Demand Kid Parent Picture Psychological Thinking
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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Dance Forever Knew Live Love Meant Today Watching
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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Acting Great Logical Manifest Need Neurise People Themselves Way
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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Feel Only Racing Time Whole
Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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Car Driving Easy May Mine Save
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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Believe Motivated Need Picture Psychologically Relationship Thinking Truth
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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Answer Bottom Cloud Glass Line Siver
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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Actor Dedication Duty Express Imagination Interpret Man Problem Significance
I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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Believe Cause Firmly Picture Rebel Trust
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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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.
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Animal Character Chicken Cow Develop Learn Pig Studying
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.
JAMES DEAN

Contribute Interfere might Nothing Progress World

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