James Dean Quotes
~ Dream as if you'll live
forever, live as if you'll die today ~
~ 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 ~
~ I`m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back ~
~The only greatness for man is immortality ~
~ I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the
beauty with which this world is endowed ~
~ Gratification comes in
the doing, not in the results ~
~ Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow
yourself to be opinionated. You must say, "Wait. Let me see". And above
all, you must be honest with yourself ~
~ Only the gentle are ever really strong ~
~ There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on
the crook of conditioning ~
~ To grasp the full
significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem;
and to express it his dedication ~
~ 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 ~
~ 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 ~
~ 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 ~