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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.

James Dean

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Acting Director Following Instructions Order Play
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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Actor Before Being Done Easy Good Harder Man
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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Actor Being Concentration Imagination Loneliest Thing World
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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Afraid Everything Goal Mark Ultimate Worthwhile
In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
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Experience Learn Lifetime Possible Short Span State
How can you measure acting in inches?
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Acting Inch Measure
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
JAMES DEAN

Actor Dedication Duty Express Imagination Interpret Man Problem Significance
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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Actor Belong Best Happen Keep Nothing Thing Youngest
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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Accept Art Experience Expression Interpret Life Order Willing
Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
JAMES DEAN

Adulthood Closer Dream High School Senior Thinking
An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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Artistic Battery Hour Learning Master Recharge Two
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Coem Delayed Doing Gratification Result
One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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Able Contribute Day Feeling might One Something World
Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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Boy Make Mark Mind Mine Remember
A good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
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Biy Easy Good Man Mark Not Proud Understand
Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
JAMES DEAN

Car Driving Easy May Mine Save

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