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.
William HoldenI feel lousy about the pain that I've caused my wife and kids. I feel guilty and conscience-stricken, and all of those things you think sentimental, but which my generation calls simple human decency. And I miss my home, because I'm beginning to get scared shitless, because all of a sudden it's closer to the end than the beginning, and death is suddenly a perceptible thing to me, with definable features.
William HoldenFor me, acting is not an all-consuming thing, except for the moment when I am actually doing it.
William Holden