Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
JAMES DEANLive fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.
JAMES DEANThe clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
JAMES DEANMy purpose in life does not include a hankering to charm society.
JAMES DEANI think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
JAMES DEANWhen 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 DEANI firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
JAMES DEANI wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
JAMES DEANThe greatest school of the theater. It houses great people like Marlon Brando, Julie Harris, Arthur Kennedy, Mildred DunnockVery few get into it, and it is absolutely free.
JAMES DEANHe must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious everything that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art.
JAMES DEANReality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette.
JAMES DEANYou are who you are meant to be, Dance as if no one’s watching, Love as if it’s all you know, Dream as if you’ll live forever, Live as if you’ll die today
JAMES DEANI have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
JAMES DEANBeing a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
JAMES DEANYou’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANAnyone with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director’s task is just that – to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over.
JAMES DEANMy fun days are over.
JAMES DEAN