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" To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle. "
James Dean
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" 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. "
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" You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball. "
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" Racing is the only time I feel whole. "
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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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" 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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" The only greatness for man is immortality. "
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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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" The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen. "
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" Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries. "
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You
" 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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You
" 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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Character
" I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't want to have to give anybody seventy; I don't want anybody to give me seventy. I want fifty. "
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Me
Good
Always
" 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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Good
Easy
Done
" 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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Fact
Accept
" I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day. "
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Want
Day
" I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself. "
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Myself
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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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Dedication
Duty
" Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated. "
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Belief
Must
" 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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Way
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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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World
Way
" Only the gentle are ever really strong. "
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Only
Gentle
" 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. "
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Behavior
Reach