Words matter. These are the best James Dean Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
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.
Death can’t be considered because, if you’re afraid to die, there’s no room in your life to make discoveries.
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.
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.
But you can’t show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
To grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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.
The cinema is a very truthful medium because the camera doesn’t let you get away with anything. On stage, you can even loaf a little, if you’re so inclined.
I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And I started racing, and now I drive on the highways, I’m extra cautious because no one knows what they’re doing half the time. You don’t know what this guy is going to do or that one.
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.
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.
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.
You can do ‘Hamlet’ while performing cartwheels… as long as the audience sees your eyes – you can make the performance real.
To my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.
The only greatness for man is immortality.
Racing is the only time I feel whole.
