Jimmy Dean loved the feel of Indiana soil under his feet and I think that was the source of much of his strength.

What I remember most about him was the little boy quality shining forth at you from behind those thick glasses of his, tearing at your heart. He had that extre…

It wasn't so much a matter of whom I was acting with, it was whom I was watching: Marlon Brando, Maureen Stapleton, Geraldine Page, Jimmy Dean : a pretty hotsh…

While we were making Giant, I think we all knew that young Jimmy Dean was giving a performance that not even the extreme adjectives of Hollywood could adequate…