Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANI don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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I have made great strides in my craft. After months of auditioning, I am very proud to announce that I am a member of the Actors Studio.
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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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My fun days are over.
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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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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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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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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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