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James Dean - James Byron Dean

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Summary: JAMES BYRON DEAN LIFE IMITATES ART GENERATION NEXT ANIMAL FARM 4 EYES THESE GO TO ELEVEN THE ACTOR WAY FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY ACTING THE Component DEAD MAN'S CURVE APOCALYPSE NOW GIANT

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

JAMES BYRON DEAN

James Dean was born on February 8th, 1931 in Marion, Indiana. His hobbies had been writing, painting, bullfighting (when did that occur?), photography, sculpting, vehicle racing, horse raci...

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Post Body: JAMES BYRON DEAN LIFE IMITATES ART GENERATION NEXT ANIMAL FARM 4 EYES THESE GO TO ELEVEN THE ACTOR WAY FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY ACTING THE Component DEAD MAN'S CURVE APOCALYPSE NOW GIANT

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

JAMES BYRON DEAN

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

LIFE IMITATES ART

"To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty; to interpret it his dilemma; and to express it his dedication. Becoming an actor is the loneliest factor in the world. You are all alone with your concentration and imagination, and that's all you have. Becoming a very good actor isn't effortless. Becoming a man is even harder. I want to be both just before I'm performed."

GENERATION NEXT

James Dean's 1st expert acting gig was a Pepsi commercial. Considering that 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 a lot of other people have endorsed the blue canned beverage.

BRAD'S Selection

Prior to Pepsi was known as Pepsi, it was known as "Brad's Drink" way back in 1898. Nicely, an additional Brad, Brad Pitt is now vying for the chance to remake James Dean's 1st film, "East of Eden" with Pitt in the starring role. Dean's performance in "East of Eden" won him an Oscar nomination, generating him one of only five actors to obtain a nomination from their initial screen performances. He was also the only actor in history to obtain much more than one Oscar nomination posthumously.

ANIMAL FARM

"Studying cows, pigs and chickens can assist an actor create his character. There are numerous issues 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."

4 EYES

Dean was needed to wear glasses whilst driving as he was nearsighted. The king of cool, had to wear glasses, if only he were around lengthy sufficient to do a public service announcement for that, then Becoming a "4-eyes" would have meant a totally distinct factor today.

THESE GO TO ELEVEN

No matter what type of music James Dean listened to, he liked it LOUD! But what did he listen to? Right after all it was the early 50's and Elvis had however to grow to be the King, the Beatles had however to turn into the Fab 4...What did James Dean rock out to, just before there was Rock? He liked African Tribal music, Afro-Cuban songs and dance (Dean liked to play the bongos), Classical music - specifically Bartok and Stravinsky, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday.

THE ACTOR WAY

"When an actor plays a scene specifically the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It is Right after directions. Any person with the physical qualifications can do that. So the director's job is simply that ñ ´¯ direct, to point the way. Then the actor takes over. And he need to be allowed the space, the freedom to express himself in the role. Without having that space, an actor is no much more than an unthinking robot with a chest-full of push-buttons."

FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY

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

ACTING THE Component

"An actor ought to interpret life, and in order to do so ought to be willing to accept all the experiences life has to give. In fact, he ought to seek out a lot more of life than life puts at his feet. In the short span of his lifetime, an actor should learn all there is to know, experience all there is to experience, or approach that state as closely as probable. He ought to be superhuman in his efforts to store away in the core of his subconscious every little thing that he may possibly be referred to as upon to use in the expression of his art."

DEAD MAN'S CURVE

Dean only produced 3 Hollywood photos, propelling him into super stardom. As his final film, Giant, was wrapping up in Marfa, Texas, Dean was driving his Porsche Spyder to an vehicle race in Salinas, California. His auto collided with one more can outside Cholame, California. James Dean, an American legend, died on September 30th, 1955. The Failure Analysis Associates later re-produced all the details of the accident at the exact same approximate time on September 30th, and concluded that James Dean was traveling 55 to 56 m.p.h. when the fateful accident occurred, thereby proving he had not been speeding, regardless of the fact that he had received a speeding ticket only two hours prior to the crash.

APOCALYPSE NOW

"Jim Dean and Elvis had been 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 men and women acted, then James Dean changed the way folks lived. He was the greatest actor who ever lived. He was merely a genius." - Martin Sheen

GIANT

"Each time I go to Europe, I keep in mind that James Dean by no means saw Europe, but however I see his face everywhere. There í³ 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 turn into, and however, he is the greatest actor and star I have ever identified." - Dennis Hopper