I wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
JAMES DEANI wouldn’t like me, if I had to be around me.
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 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 DEANMind you, my boy will make his mark.
JAMES DEANI have sacrificed a physical bond, for a metaphysical relationship. I am the ultimate idealistic lover.
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 DEANMy fun days are over.
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 DEANI’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.
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 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 DEANAn actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer.
JAMES DEANOne of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
JAMES DEANYou need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.
JAMES DEANIf a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he’s dead, then maybe he was a great man.
JAMES DEANYou’re tearing me apart!
JAMES DEAN