An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
JAMES DEANIf 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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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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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 (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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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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 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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