It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child in school, music, athletics. To me, acting is the most logical way for peoples neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. To my way of thinking, an actors course is set even before hes out of the cradle.
James Dean
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
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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. 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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Since I'm only 24 years old, guess I have as good an insight into this rising generation as any other young man my age.<br/>And I've discovered that most young men do not stand like ramrods or talk like Demosthenes. Therefore, when I do play a youth, such as in Warner Bros. Rebel Without A Cause, I try to imitate life. The picture deals with the problems of modern youth. It is the romanticized conception of the juvenile that causes much of our trouble with misguided youth nowadays. I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too. But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds. You know, a lot of times an older boy, one of the fellows the young ones idolize, can go back to the high school kids and tell them, Look what happened to me! Why be a punk and get in trouble with the law? Why do these senseless things just for a thrill? I hope Rebel Without A Cause will do something like that. I hope it will remind them that other people have feelings. Perhaps they will say, What do we need all that for? If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
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Only the gentle are ever really strong.
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Dream as if you will live forever; Live as if you will die today.
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If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live after he's died, then maybe he was a great man. Immortality is the only true success.
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Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
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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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An 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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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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I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
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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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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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