Travolta on Heath Ledger: "It's like losing James Dean..."

John Travolta seems to be taking the death of Heath Ledger hard and has been quite candid about it. He gave an interview with Woman's Day magazine during which he called Ledger a friend and "my favorite actor and my favorite talent."
"I did know Heath and I adored him," he said. "I am pretty devastated over this. ... It's like losing James Dean. I would give back all my awards and all my nominations just to have him back — I think he is a real loss as a person and as a talent. And this whole evening is very hard for me. We are celebrating Australia week in the USA — and it's killing me. You know that he's both of us. He's Australian and from the United States, and he means a whole lot. It's bad situation."

How they met: "I wanted to meet him because I was very impressed with him from the very beginning. His agent introduced me to him at a party, and I just fell — I used every accolade. Actors need other actors to be inspired by, and he was "my" actor."

Ledger's reaction to him:"I forget that anyone younger than me grew up with me. He was beautiful in his reaction. I was an idol of his — my reacting that way to his work really blew him away, but he was very modest and almost bashful about the compliment — and didn't want to make a big deal about himself. But he was a big deal."

On Ledger's "Brokeback Mountain" performance: "I don't think anyone will ever beat that performance, I don't know if it's possible."

I'll say...