How can you measure acting in inches?
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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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I didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
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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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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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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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My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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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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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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The only greatness for man is immortality.
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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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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
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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