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
JAMES DEANAn 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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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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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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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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
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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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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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