"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results"

"The gratification comes in the doing, not in the results" 

 -  James Dean  -

James Dean was an american icon of 50´s and also is one of the greatest screen legends of american cinema.

He was born in 1931 in Marion,Indiana and later on he moved to California, where he began his major in drama. In 1951, he dropped school to be a full-time actor in comercials and in  "Hill Number One". He began to struggle in Hollywood to obtain a job. Later on he acomplished to act in a movie called "East of eden"(1995).

Thanks to his appearance in "East of Eden", he got the main role for one of the most popular teen movies. "Rebel without a cause"(1995) and "Giant" (1996) were the most important movies of his acting career. Both of these movies are distinguished as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." by  United States National Film Registry. Also he became the first actor to receive a posthumous Academy Award nomination for Best Actor in these two movies. 

On September 30 1995, James Dean died in a car accident while having a car race in California. 


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"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today" 

-James Dean-