James Dean Quotes

As an actor, you don't know what is going to come next.

As an actor, you live a little bit of a cloistered life. It's a lonely life. You oddly, strangely find yourself all alone, quite often, with a lot of time to think.

Acting is the ability to dream on cue.

This acting was very hard work.

The thing about acting is you have to wait to be asked to the dance.

Acting is really scary, but it's also challenging, fun, hard work. There's always an element of improvisation with every actor, even when something is really scripted.

I know what I love about acting - and it's the creative process.

As an actor, you have to have your history.

Actors, after all, dream.

I'd love to act. I feel that it's another naked, mysterious challenge, like jazz. It kind of intrigues me in the same way.

As an actor, the only thing you have is your instinct and your imagination.

As an actor, I love challenges.

Ultimately, as an actor, it comes down to committing to the text in the script.

All I know about acting is that I just have to keep on doing it.

I don't like being away from theater that long. The muscles get atrophied if you don't exercise them.

I think that different actors go about their preparation differently, but when it comes to acting, I use my imagination.

As an actor, I'm familiar with having bursts of energy, where you're giving things a try, and then you have down time.

Well, I love acting, and I love acting quick.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

What you learn from studying acting is that you have to have the courage to just make strong choices.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I like to stretch my acting muscles.

Acting is the most communicative thing I can imagine doing.

It's very good for me to remember what actors go through.

Everything, I think, about acting is based on imagination.