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I myself am a great James Dean fan. He had this aura and enigma about him.

I used to smoke two packs a day and I just hate being a nonsmoker... but I will never consider myself a nonsmoker because I always find smokers the most interesting people at the table.

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

When I got lucky with Dean, I ended up with 16 years with one of the truly great performers of all time. He was the greatest performer I'd ever been around, bar none.

When I was a child, I had posters of James Dean in my room. I was a big admirer of his work and was fascinated by him living on the edge. Looking back, my life was kind of the same.

Dean Martin is one of my heroes.

I always smoked cigars. I've smoked cigars with everybody in show business.

I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker. But my character only smokes as an affectation.

There's a wealth of information on James Dean, and everybody has an opinion on him. James Dean made some kind of impression on everybody.