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?
JAMES DEANParents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn’t hiss or boo me.
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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 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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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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Mind you, my boy will 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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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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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My fun days are over.
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How can you measure acting in inches?
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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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