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.
JAMES DEANIf 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.
More James Dean Quotes
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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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Nowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
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I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
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An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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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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Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
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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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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
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I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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