102 Quotes by 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.

You’re tearing me apart!

I’m not going to go through life with one arm tied behind my back.

Reality doesn’t have any preconceived ideas. You’ve got to learn how to smoke the cigarette, not act smoking the cigarette. You need to drink the drink, not act drinking the drink. You’ve got to do things and not show them.

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.

I think there is only one form of greatness for man. If a man can bridge the gap between life and death. I mean, if he can live on after he has died, then maybe he was a great man. To me the only success, the only greatness, is immortality.

What better way to die? It’s fast and clean and you go out in a blaze of glory.

I don’t have to explain anything to anybody.

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