"To grasp the full significance of life..." - Quote by James Dean
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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“Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.”
“What do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good. I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.”
“An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.”
More on Acting
“Viola [Davis] is one of the great actors of her generation. She has one of these moments in the theater that I don't even know how to describe.”
“An actor should be judged by his performance only.”
“You get to a certain age and you're just glad to be there. I don't know what to add to that. It's fun. You have to be a realist, so you try to look for roles that are within the age you are.”
More on Life
“Change is the only constant. Learn to surf your life instead of planting your feet.”
“Let's plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will -- it's only action that can make a man.”
“There is only one time that is important-Now! It is the most important time because it is the only time when we have any power. The most necessary person is the one with whom you are, for no person knows whether he or she will ever have dealings with anyone else: and the most important affair is, to do the person good, because for that purpose alone were human beings sent into this life!”