You’re tearing me apart!
JAMES DEANYou’re tearing me apart!
JAMES DEANDream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANOn these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.
JAMES DEANWhen an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
JAMES DEANTo my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
JAMES DEANI don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
JAMES DEANIt’s never too early to start thinking of your future, so use these high school senior year quotes about following dreams to inspire yourself and those around.
JAMES DEANI think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANAm I in love? Absolutely. I’m in love with ancient philosophers, foreign painters, classic authors, and musicians who have died long ago. I’m a passionate lover.
JAMES DEANAt times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it’s a challenge to pull any idea together.
JAMES DEANStudying 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.
JAMES DEANBeing an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that’s all you have.
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 DEANAn actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
JAMES DEANAn actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
JAMES DEANIf I had one day when I didn’t have to be all confused and didn’t have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
JAMES DEAN