Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEANThe 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
More James Dean Quotes
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My fun days are over.
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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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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Being a senior in high school means you’re not only getting closer to adulthood, but also ready to start thinking about your dreams and aspirations, whether that’s applying for college, joining the military, or seeing the world.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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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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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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Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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It’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
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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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