"If you’re not afraid, if you take..." - Quote by 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. 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 a good actor isn't easy. Being a man is even harder. I want to be both before I'm done.”

“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.”

“If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?”

“My philosophy is inverted Platonism: the further a thing is from true being, the purer, the lovelier, the better it is. Living inillusion as a goal!”

“The goal ever recedes from us. The greater the progress the greater the recognition of our unworthiness. Satisfaction lies in the effort, not in the attainment. Full effort is full victory.”

“In our progress towards the goal, we ever see more and more enchanting scenery.”

“If you worry about yesterday's failures, then today's successes will be few. The future depends on what we do in the present”

“A peacock that rests on his feathers is just another turkey.”

“I suppose if you could have only one thing, it would be that-energy. Without it, you haven't got a thing.”