I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.
JAMES DEAN
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“I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.”
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If 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 DeanJames Dean Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
James DeanJames Dean I have a fairly adequate knowledge of Satanic forces.
James DeanJames Dean The clouds are lined with silver and the glass is half full (though the answers won’t be found at the bottom) Don’t sweat the small stuff
James DeanJames Dean An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet.
James DeanJames Dean An hour or two of learning from the masters is usually enough to recharge my artistic batteries.
James DeanJames Dean Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today.
James DeanJames Dean If 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 DeanJames Dean You 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 DeanJames Dean Whatever’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 DeanJames Dean To me, acting is the most logical way for people’s neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves.
James DeanJames Dean Racing is the only time I feel whole.
James DeanJames Dean In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as possible.
James DeanJames Dean What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory!
James DeanJames Dean There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are impaled on the crook of conditioning.
James DeanJames Dean 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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