Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
JAMES DEANWhatever’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.
More James Dean Quotes
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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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.
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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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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.
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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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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 firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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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