To my way of thinking, an actor's course is set even before he's out of the cradle. James Dean More Quotes by James Dean More Quotes From James Dean 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. James Dean animalpigscharacter 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 choicesswimwater 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 batteriesartistictwo 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 parentkidsthinking I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces. James Dean adequate-knowledgesatanicadequate 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-alonelonelinessimagination An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement. James Dean securegovernmentneeds My fun days are over. James Dean fun-dayfun 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-instructionsmotivationalinspirational 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 actingfeetorder How can you measure acting in inches? James Dean inchesacting 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 childrenschoolthinking 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-yourselfyourselftryyou Death can't be considered because, if you're afraid to die, there's no room in your life to make discoveries. James Dean dieyoulifedeath An actor should be judged by his performance only. James Dean actorhisonlyperformance 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 myselfmedevilpeople The only way to make a scene realistic is to do it the way you know it would really happen. James Dean happenknowyouway 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 goodmeenoughwant
