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