Quote by 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.”

— Val Holley

“the advantages of bachelorhood: being able to get into bed from either side.”

— Val Holley

“The unspoken word we control. Once spoken, it controls us.”

— Val Holley

“As Dean saw it, the issue was talent, but his confidence in himself was never contagious.”

— Val Holley

“He could sing in more different keys during the course of one song than anybody I’ve ever heard,”

— 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…

— Val Holley

“The papers of Jerry Fairbanks Studios lie uncatalogued in the basement of the UCLA research library.”

— 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…

— 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…

— 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”

— 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 —…

— 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…

— Val Holley