James Dean Quotes
I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm a Canadian. Outside Canada I carry the flag. Canadian nationalism isn't as insidious as American nationalism, though. It's good natured. It's all about maple syrup, not war.
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Our parents all experimented with raising us in a fairly loose, unorthodox way. A huge emphasis was placed on creativity, and our artistic efforts were never dismissed as childish. There was a sense that we - kids and grown-ups - all had the potential to make something of value. Our drawings were not simply destined for the refrigerator.
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Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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People always accused me of not smiling like my rival Olga Korbut, but that was just my personality. When you're balancing on a nine-inch beam, you have to concentrate. But if you look back at the footage, I was always smiling and waving at the crowd after my performances.
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I think I'm the only professional horse rider from the movie industry. Strangely, I've seen no men from the industry at equestrian events. Though I've seen some ladies like Diya Mirza and Lara Dutta at the race course. Women, by the way, make superior horse riders.
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First of all my real full name is Lloyd Vernet Bridges III.
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I love bayou life.
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As long as the number one worry for people, keeping them up at nights, is whether they're going to have a job in the morning, then they are less likely to resist unfair changes, or unfair treatment, or cuts in real pay at work.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.
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Horseback riding is my passion. Other than work. People can't imagine me getting dirty, but that's what I love about it.
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Let's face it, us '60s folks had pretty high expectations.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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I feel for the overly thin women as I do for the overweight women.
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I think music has gone through a period of something very severe, rather radical, rather the way painting did with cubism.
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I have a really hard time abiding by falsehoods being left in place.
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You don't want to become one of those Hollywood idiots who is just blathering about anything.
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The majority of people think their children's lives will not be as good as theirs. Nearly half of all Americans are no longer proud of their country. Politicians have become a despised breed.
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I'm an optimistic person, and I tend to bury my cynicism in what I read and the movies I watch. My optimism holds that the good guys eventually come out on top.
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For me, acting comes straight from the heart. In that sense I don't act at all. I think that to feel the character's pain I have to be myself. Somewhere audiences see that.
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Most people perceive moderates as timid middle-of-the-roaders who can't take a stand.
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I'm a serious-minded and intense little devil, terribly gauche and so tense I don't see how people stay in the same room with me. I know I wouldn't tolerate myself.
