Racing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEANRacing is the only time I feel whole.
JAMES DEANDream as if you’ll live forever. Live as if you’ll die today.
JAMES DEANI wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
JAMES DEANNowadays, he lives in a world we don’t understand too well, the actor’s world. We don’t see too much of him. But he’s a good boy, my Jim.
JAMES DEANRemember: Life is short, break the rules (they were made to be broken) Forgive quickly, kiss slowly Love truly, laugh uncontrollably And never regret anything that makes you smile.
JAMES DEANYou’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
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 DEANYou need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
JAMES DEANI think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery.
JAMES DEANWhat do we need all that for?”If a picture is psychologically motivated, if there is truth in the relationship in it, then I think that picture will do good.
JAMES DEANI didn’t know what to do. How do you tell an eight-year-old boy his mother’s going to die? I tried. In my own stumbling way I tried to prepare Jim for it.
JAMES DEANI think the one thing this picture shows that’s new is the psychological disproportion of the kids’ demands on the parents.
JAMES DEANWhatever’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.
JAMES DEANI don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
JAMES DEANIf I can keep this up and nothing interferes with my progress, one of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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 DEAN