You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
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.
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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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To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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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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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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I have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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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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In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
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To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
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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 firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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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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I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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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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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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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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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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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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Racing is the only time I feel whole.
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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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Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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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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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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