When I grew into a teenager, I became obsessed with Marlon Brando, Montgomery Cliff, and James Dean.

My biggest influences as an actor were Marlon Brando, and I really dug James Dean.

I love Marlon Brando and James Dean. That was when it was all about the star and the script. Nowadays, everything has to be action-packed.

When I was in high school in the '50s you were supposed to be an Elvis Presley, a James Dean, a Marlon Brando or a Kingston Trio type in a button-down shirt headed for the fraternities at Stanford or Cal.

Sometimes you wanna be James Bond, and sometimes you wanna be Marlon Brando until you realize you can't be either!

James Dean was always a tortured soul.