My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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.
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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.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
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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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You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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If I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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My fun days are over.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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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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Mind you, my boy will make his mark.
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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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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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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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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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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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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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I can’t let in the light.It will destroy my performance like light destroys film
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
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Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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