James Dean

"When you're a kid, everything is new and exciting."

"I believe in giving back to society."

"Every moment is precious and should be lived fully."

"Love is the most powerful force in the universe."

"You have to be willing to destroy the old to make room for the new."

"Life is too short to waste on regrets."

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."

"Dream as if you'll live forever, live as if you'll die today."

"Being an actor is a great responsibility, not just a profession."

"I used to lie awake at night and wish I was famous."

"I want to be remembered as someone who tried."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence is an act of rebellion."

"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."

"Thumbs up if you're going crazy trying to understand what the hell this life is all about."

"I think actors are observers. We're trying to observe humanity."

"You can't fake sincerity."

"The gratification comes in the doing of it, not in the results."

"I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, truth be told."

"Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die."

"I think there's something cool about the fact that salt was used as currency."

"Sometimes I think I should go back to school and work really hard at it."

"I've been up all night thinking about the fundamental things."

"You seek constantly without ever finding."

"Live fast and well because you're going to be dead a long time."

"If you're lucky, you have some sense of what you want, or at least what you don't want."

"The role of the artist is to ask questions, not necessarily provide answers."

"I don't believe in eating meat because I believe in a fair chance for all creatures."

"I'm very much against violence in any form."

"The only one I'm concerned with whether I succeed or fail is myself."

"Sometimes I think my biggest fear is wasting potential."