Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANDream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
More James Dean Quotes
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
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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.
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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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At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
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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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Am I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
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You’re tearing me apart!
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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My fun days are over.
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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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And he must be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons.
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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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A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown.
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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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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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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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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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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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