William Holden Quotes

#1. Movie acting may not have a certain kind of glory as true art, but it is damn hard work.

William Holden

#2. I would rather have one minute at this age than a month at 21.

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#3. There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.

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#4. For me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.

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#5. Just one more word. If I ever run into any of you bums on the street corner, just let's pretend we never met before.

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#6. In general, I don't care for scenes of copulation.Certain functions of the human body are bloody private.

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#7. I don't really know why, but danger has always been an important thing in my life - to see how far I could lean without falling, how fast I could go without cracking up.

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#8. Funny how gentle people get with you once you're dead.

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#9. Hell is paved with good samaritans.

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#10. When you side with a man, you stay with him. And if you can't do that, you're like some animal. You're finished. We're finished. All of us.

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#11. She's television generation. She learned life from Bugs Bunny. The only reality she knows comes to her through the television set.

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#12. Aging is an inevitable process. I surely wouldn't want to grow younger. The older you become, the more you know; your bank account of knowledge is much richer.

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