Author: James Dean

Quotes

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.

- James Dean

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.

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 Dean

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today.

- James Dean

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

- James Dean

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 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.

- James Dean

Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have.

Being 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 Dean

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

Only the gentle are ever really strong.

- James Dean

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.

To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication.

- James Dean

Racing is the only time I feel whole.

Racing is the only time I feel whole.

- James Dean

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