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> [“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life, and the actor who feels acting is living”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/you-are-acting-not-being-strasberg-explained-i-stress-the-difference/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

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## More by Val Holley

> [“he would have been the first to scoff at the notion of labeling himself anything other than an explorer. His words to me were,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/he-would-have-been-the-first-to-scoff-at-the-notion-of-labeling/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“Most sources agree that Dean’s best work came under rarefied, idealized conditions, not under a barrage of criticism such as Strasberg’s.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/most-sources-agree-that-dean-s-best-work-came-under-rarefied/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“the advantages of bachelorhood: being able to get into bed from either side.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/the-advantages-of-bachelorhood-being-able-to-get-into-bed-from-either/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“The unspoken word we control. Once spoken, it controls us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/the-unspoken-word-we-control-once-spoken-it-controls-us/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“As Dean saw it, the issue was talent, but his confidence in himself was never contagious.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/as-dean-saw-it-the-issue-was-talent-but-his-confidence-in-himself-was/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“He could sing in more different keys during the course of one song than anybody I’ve ever heard,”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/he-could-sing-in-more-different-keys-during-the-course-of-one-song/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“Dean and Leach represented Fairmount in an hourlong debate against Marion High that was broadcast on local radio. They argued the affirmative side of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/dean-and-leach-represented-fairmount-in-an-hourlong-debate-against/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“The papers of Jerry Fairbanks Studios lie uncatalogued in the basement of the UCLA research library.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/the-papers-of-jerry-fairbanks-studios-lie-uncatalogued-in-the/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“Once he pulled a girl’s bra strap and let it snap in Raymond Elliott’s study hall, which was “just about the most daring thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/once-he-pulled-a-girl-s-bra-strap-and-let-it-snap-in-raymond-elliott/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“You are acting, not being.” Strasberg explained, “I stress the difference between the actor who thinks acting is an imitation of life, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/you-are-acting-not-being-strasberg-explained-i-stress-the-difference/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“Issues of the Fairmount News from the early 1920s are replete with accounts of surprise appearances by hooded Klan representatives at local church services”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/issues-of-the-fairmount-news-from-the-early-1920s-are-replete-with/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“There was no trick or stunt that he couldn’t accomplish with the greatest of ease; we had balancing stunts and all that jazz —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/there-was-no-trick-or-stunt-that-he-couldn-t-accomplish-with-the/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“but get this straight: Absolutely nobody in the world gives a flying fuck. You want to be an actor? Fine. But never, ever bitch…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/but-get-this-straight-absolutely-nobody-in-the-world-gives-a-flying/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [ “Dean’s agent, Isabel Draesemer, says, “Jimmy came to me and asked whether marrying Beverly Wills \|the young woman he was dating then\] or moving… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/dean-s-agent-isabel-draesemer-says-jimmy-came-to-me-and-asked-whether/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

> [“Although Indianapolis had a bigger automobile industry than Detroit at the end of the nineteenth century, Detroit would soon steal its thunder by welcoming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/val-holley/although-indianapolis-had-a-bigger-automobile-industry-than-detroit/)

[Val Holley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/val-holley/)

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