"Dean is able to work from the mysterious part of the soul"  -  Francis Ford Coppola

"He's one of the gentlest spirits that I've ever met"  -  Scott Bakula

"He brings a kind of child-like enthusiasm to his work"  -  Don Bellisario 

"He's the dearest man I know"  -  Dennis Hopper 

"An old-time kind of guy --- touchy and aloof, vain and irascible, but
with an elusive underbelly of good-heartedness.....And a hint of
devilish madness.....Humphrey Bogart gone mad"  -  Trish Deitch Rohrer, GQ Magazine

"The master of quirky cool and alien humor"  -  Phoebe Hoban, VOGUE Magazine

"If you've ever wondered what sort of films James Dean might have made if he'd only bought a Ford instead of a Porsche, take a look at the films of Dean Stockwell"  -  Michael Dare, MOVIELINE Magazine

"If you want to get on Dean's good side, ask him about golf"  -  Crew
member, Quantum Leap

"Dean --- very cool guy"  -  Neil Young