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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
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James Dean
Age: 24 †
Born: 1931
Born: February 8
Died: 1955
Died: September 30
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