Actually, the person I related to was James Dean. I grew up with the Dean thing. Rebel Without A Cause had a very powerful effect on me.

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…

The only time I ever worked with James Dean was in a 1953 off-Broadway production called The Scarecrow. He played the Scarecrow's reflection in the mirror. He …

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