William Holden
William Holden
William Franklin Beedle, Jr., known professionally as William Holden, was an American actor who was one of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s through the 1970s. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role in Stalag 17, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the 1973 television film The Blue Knight...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth17 April 1918
CountryUnited States of America
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I like to get into a situation that is real, where I can say, 'Here's a chance to react as a human being, not some wound-up doll or robot that goes round and round a track, or a cardboard cut-out like the character I played in 'The Towering Inferno'.
trying fifty twenties
There's nothing tragic about being fifty. Not unless you're trying to be twenty-five.
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I 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.
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Hell is paved with good samaritans.
caring body care
In general, I don't care for scenes of copulation.Certain functions of the human body are bloody private.