I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.

Quote by James Dean

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Since I'm only 24 years old, guess I have as good an insight into this...

Since I'm only 24 years old, guess I have as good an insight into this...

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of...

I think the one thing this picture shows that's new is the psychological disproportion of...

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to...

Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to...

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting....

When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting....

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live...

If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live...

Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse!

Live fast, die young and leave a good-looking corpse!

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in...

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in...

The only greatness for man is immortality.

The only greatness for man is immortality.

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.

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to...

An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to...

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the...

But you can't show some far off idyllic conception of behavior if you want the...

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled...

There is no way to be truly great in this world. We are all impaled...

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.

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

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

Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.

Live fast, die young, and leave a good looking corpse.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results.

It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or...

It was an accident, although Ive been involved in some kind of theatrical function or...

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

Don't kill the dream - execute it

Don't kill the dream - execute it

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

A life without adventure is likely to be unsatisfying, but a life in which adventure...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in...

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

Genius is one per cent inspiration, ninety-nine per cent perspiration.

That risky naked trip...from the bathroom to your bedroom.

That risky naked trip...from the bathroom to your bedroom.