When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANYou 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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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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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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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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 also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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