An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
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.
More James Dean Quotes
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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.
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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 fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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It is the best thing that can happen to an actor. I am one of the youngest to belong. If I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress
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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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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.
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On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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