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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.

James Dean

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.
JAMES DEAN

Afraid Everything Goal Mark Ultimate Worthwhile
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.
JAMES DEAN

Devil Gauche Little Minded People Serious Tene Terrible
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.
JAMES DEAN

Dark Film Inside Light Open Tear Test Work
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
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
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.
JAMES DEAN

Believe Motivated Need Picture Psychologically Relationship Thinking Truth
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
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
Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
JAMES DEAN

Fault Kid Often Parent Work
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.
JAMES DEAN

Broken Dream Forgive Laugh Life Quickly Regret Remember Short
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEAN

Conditioning Crook Great Impaled Truly Way World
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 DEAN

Great Greatest House People Popular School Theatre
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
I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
JAMES DEAN

Arm Behind Behind Back Going Tied
I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
JAMES DEAN

Anybody Anything Explain People Power Proof

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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