| JAMES BYRON DEAN
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| | Well, another Brad, Brad Pitt is now
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| LIFE IMITATES ART
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| | vying for the chance to remake James
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| GENERATION NEXT
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| | Dean's first film, "East of Eden" with
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| ANIMAL FARM
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| | Pitt in the starring role. Dean's
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| FOUR EYES
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| | performance in "East of Eden" won him an
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| THESE GO TO ELEVEN
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| | Oscar nomination, making him one of only
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| THE ACTOR WAY
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| | five actors to receive a nomination from
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| FRANK, BILLIE AND JIMMY
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| | their first screen performances. He was
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| ACTING THE PART
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| | also the only actor in history to receive
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| DEAD MAN'S CURVE
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| | more than one Oscar nomination
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| APOCALYPSE NOW
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| | posthumously.ANIMAL FARM
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| GIANT"Dream as if you'll live forever.
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| | "Studying cows, pigs and chickens can
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| Live as if you'll die today." - James
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| | help an actor develop his character.
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| DeanJAMES BYRON DEAN
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| | There are a lot of things I learned from
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| James Dean was born on February 8th,
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| | animals. One was that they couldn't hiss
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| 1931 in Marion, Indiana. His hobbies were
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| | or boo me. I also became close to nature,
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| writing, painting, bullfighting (when did
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| | and am now able to appreciate the beauty
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| that happen?), photography, sculpting,
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| | with which this world is endowed."FOUR
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| car racing, horse racing and playing the
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| | EYES
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| bongos. His favorite drink was coffee and
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| | Dean was required to wear glasses while
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| his favorite ice cream flavor was coffee
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| | driving as he was nearsighted. The king
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| and raspberry.LIFE IMITATES ART
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| | of cool, had to wear glasses, if only he
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| "To grasp the full significance of life
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| | had been around long enough to do a
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| is the actor's duty; to interpret it his
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| | public service announcement for that,
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| problem; and to express it his
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| | then being a "four-eyes" would have meant
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| dedication. Being an actor is the
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| | a completely different thing these
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| loneliest thing in the world. You are all
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| | days.THESE GO TO ELEVEN
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| alone with your concentration and
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| | No matter what kind of music James Dean
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| imagination, and that's all you have.
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| | listened to, he liked it LOUD! But what
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| Being a good actor isn't easy. Being a
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| | did he listen to? After all it was the
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| man is even harder. I want to be both
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| | early 50's and Elvis had yet to become
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| before I'm done."GENERATION NEXT
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| | the King, the Beatles had yet to become
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| James Dean's first professional acting
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| | the Fab Four...What did James Dean rock
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| gig was a Pepsi commercial. Since then,
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| | out to, before there was Rock? He liked
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| Michael Jackson, Cindy Crawford, Michael
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| | African Tribal music, Afro-Cuban songs
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| J. Fox, Shaquille O'Neal, Jeff Gordon,
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| | and dance (Dean liked to play the
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| Ray Charles, Billy Crystal, Britney
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| | bongos), Classical music - especially
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| Spears, Beyonce, Shakira, The Osbournes,
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| | Bartok and Stravinsky, Judy Garland,
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| Faith Hill, Sammy Sosa, Joe Montana, Ken
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| | Frank Sinatra and Billie Holiday.THE
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| Griffey Jr., Gloria Estafan, Tina Turner
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| | ACTOR WAY
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| and many others have endorsed the blue
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| | "When an actor plays a scene exactly the
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| canned beverage.BRAD'S CHOICE
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| | way a director orders, it isn't acting.
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| Before Pepsi was called Pepsi, it was
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| | It's following instructions. Anyone with
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| called "Brad's Drink" way back in 1898.
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| | the physical qualifications can do that.
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