James Dean

Actor

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Quiet and reserved, interested in how and why things work. Excellent skills with mechanical things. Risk-takers who they live for the moment. Usually interested in and talented at extreme sports. Uncomplicated in their desires. Loyal to their peers and to their internal value systems, but not overly concerned with respecting laws and rules if they get in the way of getting something done. Detached and analytical, they excel at finding solutions to practical problems.

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James Byron Dean was an American actor. He is remembered as a cultural icon of teenage disillusionment and social estrangement, as expressed in the title of his most celebrated film, Rebel Without a Cause, in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark.

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Quotes by James Dean

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

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'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.

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

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.

You can do 'Hamlet' while performing cartwheels... as long as the audience sees your eyes - you can make the performance real.

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

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.

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

The only greatness for man is immortality.

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