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