Jim Stark:
I woke up this morning, you know... and the sun was shining, and it was nice, and all that type of stuff. And the first thing, I saw you, and, uh, I said, "Boy, this is gonna be one terrific day, so you better live it up, because tomorrow you'll be nothing." You see? And I almost was.
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark:
If he had guts to knock Mom cold once, then maybe she'd be happy and then she'd stop picking on him. Because they make mush out of him! Just mush!
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark:
If I had one day when I didn't have to be all confused and I didn't have to feel that I was ashamed of everything. If I felt that I belonged someplace. You know?
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark:
You can wake up now, the universe has ended.
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark:
You know something? You read too many comic books.
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
Crawford Family Maid:
You're shivering, John. Are you cold?
Jim Stark: [Gets up from his seat and takes his jacket off] You want my jacket?
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause
Jim Stark: [Gets up from his seat and takes his jacket off] You want my jacket?
--James Dean (as Jim Stark) in Rebel Without a Cause