James Dean

I also became close to nature, and am now able to appreciate the beauty with which this world is endowed.

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.

You can do 'Hamlet' while performing cartwheels... as long as the audience sees your eyes - you can make the performance real.

It's hard to imagine anyone interested in film not being a fan of Alfred Hitchcock because he's such a key influence on the entire history of cinema - it's hard to escape his shadow.

There is no doubt that, as a society, we have become blase about the importance of marriage as a stabilising influence and less inclined to prize it as a worthwhile institution.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!