A collection of quotes and thoughts by James Dean on tattoos, love, life, sex, dreams, forgive, live, death, be-yourself, purpose, actor, problems and immortality.
35 Notable Quotes By James Dean That Will Inspire You To Be Comfortable In Your Skin
James Dean was an American actor who at a very young age made a huge mark in Hollywood. Remembered as a cultural icon, he is one of the most celebrated movie stars in the history of American cinema. Dean made his first television appearance through a Pepsi Cola commercial. He made his first appearance in the 1950s where he was hardly noticed. He made his presence perceptible in ‘East of Eden’, ‘Rebel Without A Cause’ and ‘Giant’. Shortly after this, the news of his death in a car crash hit the world. The Movie industry had lost one of the most talented and enduring actors at a very early age. He received an ‘Academy Award’ nomination for Best Actor posthumously and became the first actor to receive such acclamation. He is the only actor to have received two acting nominations posthumously. He was ranked as the 18th best male movie star of ‘Golden Age Hollywood’ by the ‘American Film Institute’ in 1999. Dean was the icon of utopianism, edginess and social estrangement. In order to honor the lasting impact that the legendary actor left, we bring to you a compilation of his thoughts and views in form of quotes and sayings. Read through the quotations and sayings by James Dean that will surely inspire and motivate you.
Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.
James Dean
The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.
James Dean
There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled on the crook of conditioning.
James Dean
The only greatness for man is immortality.
James 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.
I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.
An actor should be judged by his performance only.
James Dean
The cinema is a very truthful medium because the camera doesn't let you get away with anything. On stage, you can even loaf a little, if you're so inclined.
When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.
James Dean
Studying 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.
But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the kids to come and see the picture. You've got to show what it's really like, and try to reach them on their own grounds.
I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of the kids' demands on the parents. Parents are often at fault, but the kids have some work to do, too.
I don't want anything seventy-thirty. Fifty-fifty's always good enough for me. I don't want to have to give anybody seventy; I don't want anybody to give me seventy. I want fifty.
I used to fly around quite a bit, you know? I took a lot of unnecessary chances on the highways. And I started racing, and now I drive on the highways, I'm extra cautious because no one knows what they're doing half the time. You don't know what this guy is going to do or that one.
