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"Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him."

"Movies are nice, but there are very few roles for women and most of them are sluts or something."

"Even when I was a little kid, I always said I would be in the movies one day, and damned if I didn't make it."

"It took me 20 years of making movies to learn how to do it."
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"Music is my main goal, but I'm not going to rush a record out. There are so many actors who have come out with albums these days. I don't want to do it because it's the thing to do. I want to wait until the time is right."

"Commercials were too phony for me. I just didn't like selling products I didn't believe in."

"When I was in first grade, everyone made fun of my name, of course. I think it's kind of a big name to hold up when you're nine years old. It seemed goofy. I used to tell people I wanted to change the world and they used to think, 'This kid's really weird'."

"Everything is ironic to me. There are moments I find hysterical, but I'm probably the only one who would find that, except for a few people."

"I've been wanting to go into music ever since I can remember. I mean even before I became an actor. I just thought it would be a tough field to break into, so I became an actor instead."

"I don't want to die in a car accident. When I die it'll be a glorious day. It'll probably be a waterfall."

"We were constantly moving to different countries and adjusting to new things. It was such a free feeling. I'm glad I didn't have a traditional upbringing."

"We are taught to consume. And that's what we do. But if we realized that there really is no reason to consume, that it's just a mind set, that it's just an addiction, then we wouldn't be out there stepping on people's hands climbing the corporate ladder of success."
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