James Dean Quotes

I want to be a good actor more than anything - someone you can respect.

As an actor, or as a person, I like to do things that are challenging.

I love to strive to be good at stuff that's really hard.

And once you cease to be a real person, you stop being a good actor.

'Fringe' was the first time I realized that I could ever man up in a character and make this transition from being a boy or a young man into actually being a man.

Any role that big is going to be a challenge for any actor, but for an actor of a young age, it's going to be even tougher.

I don't think I'm a star. I just love to act. I'm not thinking I'm even close to where I want to be.

Acting for me is like a ping-pong game. That's the secret of acting. When you have a really good actor, I always want to be as good as he is or she is.

Wanting to be a good actor is not good enough. You must want to be a great actor. You just have to have that.

I play tough guys in movies and behaved like one in front of the press because I thought that was what a man did.

You act at being a man, and before you know it, you are one.

Every man must play the part of his ambition. If you are trying to be a successful man, you must play the part.

It's a challenge, writing about actors, especially a good actor, because you can't always tell when they're being honest and when they're pretending - that is, when they're acting. The really good ones don't always seem to know themselves.

I think life is sort of like a competition, whether it's in sports, or it's achieving in school, or it's achieving good relationships with people. And competition is a little bit of what it's all about.

I always want to be as good in the part as I possibly can. But I make no pretensions of being the greatest actor in the world.

There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.

I like to challenge myself. Whether that's on television or film or on stage, that's what I'm going to go for.

I pray to God every day that he makes me the biggest superstar, but before that, I ask God to make me a good actor. Being a star is hard, but being an actor is even harder. I want to be both before I am done.

An actor must read a lot. Books not only make one a good actor but also a better human being.

I have something to prove every year.

James Spader is a good actor.

I want the good life, but I don't want an easy ride. What I want is to work for it, feel the blood and sweat on my fingertips.

I wanted to get out in the world, have a great job, make my mark, and see how far I could go. And I wanted to make good on the philosophy my mother drilled into us with all the subtlety of a Lady Gaga performance. I got it loud and clear. I would need to succeed, and then I could possibly be happy.

I just want to be in good things that I want to see, and I want to work with talented people who are smarter than myself.

While raising my children, I would like to take on other challenges.