James Dean - James Byron Dean

James Byron Dean

Life Imitates Art

Generation Next

Animal Farm

Four Eyes

These Go To Eleven

The Actor Way

Frank, Billie And Jimmy

Acting The Part

Dead Man'S Curve

Apocalypse Now

Giant

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today." - James Dean

James Byron Dean

James Dean was born on February 8th, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. His hobbies were writing, painting, bullfighting (when did that happen?), photography, sculpting, car racing, horse racing and playing the bongos. His beloved drink was coffee and his beloved ice cream flavor was coffee and raspberry.

Life Imitates Art

"To grasp the full importance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his problem; and to express it his dedication. Being an actor is the loneliest thing in the world. You are all alone with your attention and imagination, and that's all you have. Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done."

Generation Next

James Dean's first professional acting gig was a Pepsi commercial. Since then, Michael Jackson, Cindy Crawford, Michael J. Fox, Shaquille O'Neal, Jeff Gordon, Ray Charles, Billy Crystal, Britney Spears, Beyonce, Shakira, The Osbournes, Faith Hill, Sammy Sosa, Joe Montana, Ken Griffey Jr., Gloria Estafan, Tina Turner and many others have endorsed the blue canned beverage.

Brad'S Choice

Before Pepsi was called Pepsi, it was called "Brad's Drink" way back in 1898. Well, other Brad, Brad Pitt is now vying for the opening to remake James Dean's first film, "East of Eden" with Pitt in the starring role. Dean's operation in "East of Eden" won him an Oscar nomination, developMent him one of only five actors to receive a nomination from their first screen performances. He was also the only actor in history to receive more than one Oscar nomination posthumously.

Animal Farm

"Studying cows, pigs and chickens can help an actor produce his character. There are a lot of things I learned from animals. One was that they couldn't hiss or boo me. I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed."

Four Eyes

Dean was required to wear glasses while driving as he was nearsighted. The king of cool, had to wear glasses, if only he had been nearby long sufficient to do a public aid proclamation for that, then being a "four-eyes" would have meant a wholly separate thing these days.

These Go To Eleven

No matter what kind of music James Dean listened to, he liked it Loud! But what did he listen to? After all it was the early 50's and Elvis had yet to come to be the King, the Beatles had yet to come to be the Fab Four...What did James Dean rock out to, before there was Rock? He liked African Tribal music, Afro-Cuban songs and dance (Dean liked to play the bongos), Classical music - especially Bartok and Stravinsky, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday.

The Actor Way

"When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Whatever with the corporal qualifications can do that. So the director's task is just that ñ to direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over. And he must be allowed the space, the relaxation to express himself in the role. Without that space, an actor is no more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons."

Frank, Billie And Jimmy

It has been said that James Dean's beloved song was Billie Holiday's "When Your Lover Has Gone" and his beloved album was Frank Sinatra's "Songs for Young Lovers".

Acting The Part

"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. In the short span of his lifetime, an actor must learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or advent that state as closely as possible. He must be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious all that he might be called upon to use in the expression of his art."

Dead Man'S Curve

Dean only made three Hollywood pictures, propelling him into super stardom. As his final film, Giant, was wrapping up in Marfa, Texas, Dean was driving his Porsche Spyder to an auto race in Salinas, California. His car collided with other can surface Cholame, California. James Dean, an American legend, died on September 30th, 1955. The Failure prognosis company later re-created all the details of the crisis at the same approximate time on September 30th, and done that James Dean was traveling 55 to 56 m.p.h. When the fateful crisis occurred, thereby proving he had not been speeding, despite the fact that he had received a speeding label only two hours before the crash.

Apocalypse Now

"Jim Dean and Elvis were the spokesMen for an whole generation. When I was in acting school in New York, years ago, there was a saying that if Marlon Brando changed the way people acted, then James Dean changed the way people lived. He was the most actor who ever lived. He was simply a genius." - Martin Sheen

Giant

"Every time I go to Europe, I remember that James Dean never saw Europe, but yet I see his face everywhere. There ís James Dean, Humphrey Bogart and Marilyn Monroe windows of the Champs Elysees, discos in the south of Spain, restaurants in Sweden, t-shirts in Moscow. My life was confused and disoriented for years by his passing. My sense of destiny destroyed the great films he would have directed, the great performances he would have given, the great humanitarian he would have become, and yet, he is the most actor and star I have ever known." - Dennis Hopper

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