The only greatness for man is immortality.
JAMES DEANTo my way of thinking, an actor’s course is set even before he’s out of the cradle.
More James Dean Quotes
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I firmly believe Rebel Without A Cause is such a picture.
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I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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Am 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.
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I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
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I’m a serious-minded and intense little devil – terribly gauche and so tense that I don’t see how people can stay in the same room as me. I know I couldn’t tolerate myself.
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It was an accident, although I’ve been involved in some kind of theatrical function or other since I was a child – in school, music, athletics.
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I fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
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When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn’t acting. It’s following instructions.
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Being a good actor isn’t easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I’m done.
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Dream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
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Remember: Life is short, break the rules
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An actual right is something that governments need merely to secure, not to implement.
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One of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
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The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
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