Remember: Life is short, break the rules James Dean More Quotes by James Dean More Quotes From James Dean There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning. A fish that is in the water has no choice that he is. Genius would have it that we swim in sand. We are fish and we drown. James Dean choices swim water You're tearing me apart! James Dean An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries. James Dean batteries artistic two 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. James Dean parent kids thinking I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces. James Dean adequate-knowledge satanic adequate 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. James Dean being-alone loneliness imagination An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement. James Dean secure government needs My fun days are over. James Dean fun-day fun 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. James Dean following-instructions motivational inspirational To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle. James Dean neurosis actors thinking 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. James Dean acting feet order How can you measure acting in inches? James Dean inches acting It was an accident, although I've 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 people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle. James Dean children school thinking 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 be-yourself yourself try you Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries. James Dean die you life death An actor should be judged by his performance only. James Dean actor his only performance 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. James Dean myself me devil people The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen. James Dean happen know you way 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. James Dean good me enough want
