“Only the absolutely determined people succeed.”
~Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn and William Holden, at the premiere of Sabrina, 1954.
“I was determined to wipe Audrey out of my mind by screwing a woman in every country I visited. My plan succeeded, though sometimes with difficulty. When I was in Bangkok, I was with a Thai girl in a boat in one of the klongs. I guess we got too animated, because the boat tipped over and I fell into the filthy water. Back at the hotel I poured alcohol in my ears because I was afraid I’d become infected with the plague. When I got back to Hollywood, I went to Audrey’s dressing-room and told her what I had done. You know what she said? “Oh, Bill!” That’s all. “Oh, Bill!”. Just as though I were some naughty boy. … She was the love of my life.”
-William Holden, as quoted in Audrey Hepburn (2002) by Barry Paris.
Josephine Baker, in her dressing room after her show at the Strand theater during her US tour. Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt for Life magazine, Mar 10, 1951.
Linda Darnell, circa 1950. Promotional photo for Two Flags West.
“People got tired of seeing the sweet young things I was playing and I landed at the bottom of the roller coaster. The change and realization were very subtle. I’d had the fame and money every girl dreams about–and the romance. I’d crammed thirty years into ten, and while it was exciting and I would do it over again, I still know I missed out on my girlhood, the fun, little things that now seem important.”
R.I.P. Linda. You deserved better.
