I think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
JAMES DEANAn hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
More James Dean Quotes
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Take it easy driving– the life you save may be mine.
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
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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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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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What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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