You’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANYou’ve got to show what it’s really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
JAMES DEANOnly the gentle are ever really strong.
JAMES DEANOne of these days I might be able to contribute something to the world.
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 DEANI fawn over these people. I have given them my heart and my soul. The trouble is, I’m unable to love anyone tangible
JAMES DEANThere is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
JAMES DEANTo grasp the full significance of life is the actor’s duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.
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 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 DEANA good boy, and I’m very proud of him. Not easy to understand, no sir. He’s not easy to understand. But he’s all man, and he’ll make his mark.
JAMES DEANAn hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
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 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
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 DEAN