When I first saw him, I saw James Dean. He had that T-shirt with the cigarettes rolled up in the sleeve. It was just that bad boy -- although a lot of it was show.

When I first entered, I didn't even know who James Dean was, ... A friend's sister said I looked like him and she brought me here. That first year I was shaking on stage but, as the years have gone by I've learned more about him and I think he's great.

The first time I met James Franco, he was dressed like James Dean. He was James Dean, literally, filming a biopic.

James Dean was always a tortured soul.

James Dean and Dennis Hopper were members of the health club I went to.

It wasn't until I saw James Dean that I began to think that maybe I could actually do this. Movies didn't have to be just this fantasy with this impossibly handsome guy.