James Dean
James Dean
James Byron Deanwas an American actor. He is a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Edenand surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth8 February 1931
CityMarion, IN
loneliness being-alone imagination
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.
character animal pigs
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.
racing feels only-time
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
kids thinking parent
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.
government needs secure
An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
like-me ifs
I wouldn't like me, if I had to be around me.
water choices swim
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.
drinking reality ideas
Reality doesn't have any preconceived ideas. You've got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette. You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You've got to do things and not show them.
art book ideas
At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it's a challenge to pull any idea together. On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
dark light tears
Whatever’s inside making me what I am, it’s like film. Film only works in the dark. Tear it all open and let in the light and you kill it.
people acting needs
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.
appreciate world able
I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.
men dedication imagination
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. 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. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.
behind-my-back arms behinds
I'm not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.