To the ranchers and the people around there, he was just as nice as could be. Dean came to me and said, 'Bob, I want to be a Texan twenty-four hours a day. I'd like for you to work with me. I'll even pay you out of my pocket.' So I got him some clothes and boots and he starts talking like a Texan every day.

Jim had a year away from Warner Brothers. We had planned to use that time to get our company started. We would have done both feature pictures and a television…

We took a walk that first day, and there was a building going up near Sixth Avenue, and we virtually became sidewalk superintendents by barking orders to peopl…

He was awkward, shy, and not at all full of himself. That's rare for an actor.