Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done. — James Dean Copy Share Image
The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen. — James Dean Copy Share Image
To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle. — James Dean Copy Share Image
Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor develop his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals.… — James Dean Copy Share Image
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all… — James Dean Copy Share Image
To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to… — James Dean Copy Share Image
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to… — James Dean Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child in… — James Dean Copy Share Image
It was an accident, although I've been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child -… — James Dean Copy Share Image
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.… — James Dean Copy Share Image
Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all… — James Dean Copy Share Image
An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to… — James Dean Copy Share Image
“No pretendo ser el mejor. Únicamente quiero volar tan alto que nadie pueda alcanzarme. No para demostrar nada, sólo quiero llegar a donde se… — James Dean Copy Share Image
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed. — James Dean Copy Share Image
Reality doesn't have any preconceived ideas. You've got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette. You need to drink… — James Dean Copy Share Image
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. — James Dean Copy Share Image
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… — James Dean Copy Share Image
“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.… — James Dean Copy Share Image
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… — James Dean Copy Share Image
