“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on ...” — James Dean Quote

“If a man can bridge the gap between life and death, if he can live on after he's dead, then maybe he was a great man.”

“You try to be yourself, do only what you've always done and like to do, and right away, you're tagged as an oddball.”

“An actor should be judged by his performance only.”

“When an actor plays a scene exactly the way a director orders, it isn't acting. It's following instructions. Anyone with the physical qualifications can do that.”

“Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.”

“I want to be a Texan 24 hours a day.”

“Today I have gathered together my nearest and dearest, my sixteen nieces and nephews (Sit down, Grace Windsor Wexler!) to view the body of your Uncle Sam for the last time. Tomorrow its ashes will be scattered to the four winds. I, Samuel W. Westing, hereby swear that I did not die of natural causes. My life was taken from me–by one of you!”

“He would never be any different and now Scarlett realize the truth and accepted it without emotion—that until he died Gerald would always be waiting for Ellen, always listening for her. Her was in some dim borderline country where time was standing still and Ellen was always in the next room. The mainspring of his existence was taken away when she died and with it has gone his bounding assurance, his impudence and his restless vitality. Ellen was the audience before which the blustering drama of Gerald O'Hara had been played Now the curtain had been rung down forever, the footlights dimmed and the audience suddenly vanished, while the stunned old actor remained on his empty stage, waiting for his cues.”

“If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.”

“When you're dead, you're dead. That's it.”

“And will 'a not come again?”