James Dean Quotes


You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball.


Citations

Dalton, David. James Dean: The Mutant King: A Biography. Straight Arrow Books, 1974, p. 222.

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James Dean
James Dean
  • Born: February 8, 1931
  • Died: September 30, 1955
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Actor

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 (1955), in which he starred as troubled teenager Jim Stark. The other two roles that defined his stardom were loner Cal Trask in East of Eden (1955) and surly ranch hand Jett Rink in Giant (1956).