
James Dean
(as Jim Stark)

Jim Backus
(as Frank Stark)
Jim Stark:
I don't think I want anything, I'm nervous.
Frank Stark: My first day of school, I was so nervous, Mother made me eat so much, I couldn't swallow until recess.
Frank Stark: My first day of school, I was so nervous, Mother made me eat so much, I couldn't swallow until recess.

James Dean
(as Jim Stark)

James Dean
(as Jim Stark)
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)

James Dean
(as Jim Stark)
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)
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?

Natalie Wood
(as Judy)

Natalie Wood
(as Judy)
