Holliday Quotes & Sayings

The wolves howl bluer than Billie Holliday, but they don't spoil my song. — Jeanette Lynes

I hated the whole idea of being an actress. I used to throw up before every performance and cry afterward. — Judy Holliday

I am, you know, really fighting for myself and my life. And I think the message that I could give to anybody is that it's never too late to start your life again and dream new dreams. — Jennifer Holliday

They weren't interested in entertainment. They were tough. I learned one trick, which was to be quieter than they were until they had to look at you. It took a lot of agressiveness. — Judy Holliday

I liked being Doc Holliday. It's fun to be insightful and aristocratic, to stand up for your friend and make sacrifices for him. It was fun to be arrogant like he was and have the goods to back it up. He was a very noble character. Although, let's not forget, he did kill a lot of people. — Val Kilmer

If I could, I would ask the world to make me skates so that I could find its frozen water and set myself free to smile, laugh, dance and cheer.

I'd see the boundaries that would be in a world frozen in its place and they would keep me safe, away from where the waters warm, away from the stares, away from the thoughts that melt and tear.

I would ask the world to skate with me, looking at the gladness I had found, knowing, really knowing, there was nothing left to fear.

I think then we would be free to live life as we could, with more in common than apart, the fog would lift, the confusion would end and true understanding would hold us dear. — Liane Holliday Willey

The more raw, pure emotion you pour into your pages, the more your readers can wring out of them. — Christopher Holliday

I'm just enjoying playing baseball in the major leagues. — Matt Holliday

I'm not a guy that sets a number of goals. If I can go out and continue to have a consistent approach every day and get to where I feel comfortable enough. Then I go into a game, relax and play, the numbers will take care of themselves. — Matt Holliday

And that was when Finley Declan Holliday lost his mind and unleashed hell on Brandon Wannamaker, Jeff Schultz and Troy Piggott. — Kristen Ashley

I was privileged to know the late, great Miss Etta James, and I did get a chance to spend some time with her and hang out with her. — Jennifer Holliday

I seem to play a lot of troubled kids. — Holliday Grainger

I spoke to friends that have panic attacks, and I spoke to a doctor who has panic attacks, himself. I also did a bit of research into them. It seemed like everyone's version of a panic attack had slightly different physical things. So, I decided to choose my own physical things. — Holliday Grainger

The more you put into living,
the more you get out of life! — Patrick Holliday

I'm taking (the training) a little more seriously than I normally would to speed up the process. I don't care if people say I was a surprise pick. I feel like it's an honor and the people who made the decision to put me on the team know what they are talking about. To play for your country is something you can hold on to the rest of your life. — Matt Holliday

To be able to analyze plays and novels is so relevant to acting. — Holliday Grainger

I auditioned for a musical, and I can't sing. It was a kid's film musical, not a stage show, so I thought I could get away with it. — Holliday Grainger

You are not the fat girl. You are voluptuous!...You are an angle descended from the heavens, a goddess of plenty walking among the denizens of hell where stick figures reign supreme. — Alesia Holliday

I was inspired by Billie Holliday, and I really liked Mary Weiss of the Shangri-Las because she wore tight trousers and a waistcoat on top - she looked hot. — Suzi Quatro

Like bookends, we have learned to support each other when the stuff in the middle pushes us apart. — Liane Holliday Willey

If you can handle a nightclub audience successfully, you can handle anything. — Judy Holliday

I'm developing a little crush on Michael Fassbender. Really unoriginal. — Holliday Grainger

I have learned to accept the fact that I will make mistakes at nearly every turn, but that those mistakes can be softened if I am honest about who I am to my girls. — Liane Holliday Willey

I believe the relationships and emotions you experience when you have success are the things that last forever. — Matt Holliday

I admire my mother for being a single mum. It's ridiculously hard. — Holliday Grainger

As much as I'd love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying. — Holliday Grainger

The Doc Holliday of legend is a gambler and gunman who appears out of nowhere in 1881, arriving in Tombstone with a bad reputation and a hooker named Big Nose Kate. — Mary Doria Russell

John Henry Holliday didn't have a mother to love him when he was grown, so I have taken him for my own. My fondest hope for Doc is that it will win for him the compassion and respect I think he deserves. — Mary Doria Russell

I come from a very loving, stable background where I've been persuaded to just be myself and anything is possible. — Holliday Grainger

I'd like to continue acting as long as I enjoy it. — Holliday Grainger

If I thought you weren't my friend, I just don't think I could bear it. — Doc Holliday

I thought I was learning about show business. The more painful it was, the more important I thought the experience must be. Hating it, I convinced myself it must be invaluable. — Judy Holliday

Blonde movie stars in the 1950s seem to have been pretty much divided between breathy bombshells (Marilyn Monroe, Jayne Mansfield) and slim, elegant swans (Grace Kelly, Eva Marie Saint). Producers didn't really know what to do with Judy Holliday, a brilliant, versatile actress who simply didn't fit into any easy category. Though she left behind a handful of delightful films, one can't help feeling a sense of waste that her gifts were not better handled by Hollywood (or, for that matter, by Broadway). Perhaps, like Lucille Ball, Judy Holliday would have blossomed with a really good sitcom; but, unlike Lucy, she never got one. — Eve Golden

I understand I'm a sinner. I'm not perfect, and I need a Savior, and that I'm not going to make it to Heaven on merits and doing good things. — Matt Holliday

I feel like I've been blessed with some athletic ability and I'd like to take advantage of it. — Matt Holliday

I enjoy flitting around between hair colours. I find it fascinating when people think I'm naturally blonde, as I've only been blonde for about two seconds. People pay more attention to you as a blonde; it's also easier for people to assume you're a ditsy young actress. Of course, I am a ditsy young actress - well, maybe not ditsy. — Holliday Grainger

I don't want to be considered a leader based on what people think goes on in the clubhouse. — Matt Holliday

Nobody can give a good performance unless the authors and composers have written a good part, a fact which is often overlooked. — Judy Holliday

But, Jesus, Tommy, what do you expect me to say? I grew up with you. When we were kids your fly was open more often than the twenty-four-hour laundromat. If your dick had been a gun you could have outdrawn Doc Holliday. — Bart Yates

I'm so used to taping myself and sending it off and never hearing back. I started to believe that nobody actually ever sees my tapes, apart from my agent. — Holliday Grainger

Seeing Jennifer Holliday from 'Dreamgirls' perform on the Tony Awards telecast and later discovering Barbra Streisand by listening to her albums at the Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh really changed everything for me. — Billy Porter

Why should I obtain by force that which I can obtain by cheating? — Doc Holliday

I am not an 'instant' actor ... to really do anything, I've got to try it five or six or a dozen times. — Judy Holliday

I think my parents did a great job of reminding me that I wasn't as big a deal as maybe I thought I was at times. — Matt Holliday

In still earlier years than those I have been recalling, Holliday's Hill, in our town, was to me the noblest work of God. It appeared to pierce the skies. It was nearly three hundred feet high. In those days I pondered the subject much, but I never could understand why it did not swathe its summit with never-failing clouds, and crown its majestic brow with everlasting snows. I had heard that such was the custom of great mountains in other parts of the world. — Mark Twain

It's tough when take 1 is technically okay and take 2 has better acting. Out here (Hollywood) they print the first one. That's the one where we all hit the mark on the floor and who cares about the acting. — Judy Holliday

Exploring Feelings for Young Children with High-Functioning Autism or Asperger's Disorder: The STAMP Treatment Manual offers practical recommendations and creative practices that will certainly help young children with high functioning autism or Asperger's syndrome overcome their struggles with the really tough issues blocking their positive growth and development. Therapists, educators and parents caring for autistic children who endure a heavy load of anger, distrust, difficult interpersonal relationships, poor self-esteem and self-doubt need this excellent book. — Liane Holliday Willey

Females with ASDs often develop 'coping mechanisms' that can cover up the intrinsic difficulties they experience. They may mimic their peers, watch from the sidelines, use their intellect to figure out the best ways to remain undetected, and they will study, practice, and learn appropriate approaches to social situations. Sounds easy enough, but in fact these strategies take a lot of work and can more often than not lead to exhaustion, withdrawal, anxiety, selective mutism, and depression. -Dr. Shana Nichols — Liane Holliday Willey

When I found out that I was going to be singing with Jennifer Holliday, I literally freaked out! I grew up listening to her, and I was going to cry because I sang with someone who is a huge inspiration to me. — Jessica Sanchez

I could talk about him all day. He's one of the most wonderful things that ever happened to me. — Judy Holliday

I am a strong believer in grass roots communities, but I also believe government resources, when available, should be equally available to all people. — Liane Holliday Willey

I want to keep things simple and keep my energy focused on moving forward. — Matt Holliday

I'm a born and bred New Yorker. I belong here. Everytime I leave it's like losing a leg. — Judy Holliday

My, I like Judy Holliday! She looks like a Monet model. And she's so - so defenseless. I like defenseless people. They're the best. — Katharine Hepburn

I am not a member of any organization listed by the Attorney General as subversive. In any instance where I lent my name in the past, it was certainly without knowledge that such an organization was subversive. I have always been essentially and foremost an American. — Judy Holliday

And right then, staring at Dusty Holliday, Clarisse Haines fell in love. — Kristen Ashley

Most people focus on forgiving others, thinking there isn't a need for self-forgiveness, particularly if they see themselves as a victim. — Liane Holliday Willey

The music industry is a very rough industry. Many years ago, I think it was even rougher in the sense that a lot of it was predicated on image. — Jennifer Holliday

True love, especially first love, can be so tumultuous and passionate that it feels like a violent journey. — Holliday Grainger

Intimate singing had a wonderful style in the '30s and '40s. It came out of Broadway and the jazz of Louis Armstrong and Billie Holliday. But Sinatra created the best romantic era that we've ever had. — Tony Bennett

I continually still fight every day for my life, not only still battling mental health problems but battling multiple sclerosis, which also has depression as one of its side effects. — Jennifer Holliday

Sadness puts my heart in a prison. — Liane Holliday Willey

We gained a great deal of prestige, but not much money. We liked to work so much we couldn't hide it and the club owners paid us accordingly. — Judy Holliday

Well I'll Be Damned. This is funny. — Doc Holliday

I haven't sought self-forgiveness because I feel I was preyed upon and not responsible for the many bad things that happened to me. — Liane Holliday Willey

Of course I work hard. Why shouldn't I? Who am I to think I should get things the easy way? — Judy Holliday

I've got a massive actor girl crush on Carey Mulligan, so I'd love to be buddies with her. She just oozes this joyful, natural innocence and always brings a nice emotional depth to her character. — Holliday Grainger

You have to be smart to play a dumb blonde over and over again and keep the audience's attention without extraordinary physical equipment. — Judy Holliday

I can only imagine how difficult it must be for someone facing racial or social prejudices to add autism to their list of struggles. It might be less stressful and at times, easier, to ignore the autism. — Liane Holliday Willey

I was bargaining for time away from Hollywood, and Columbia was bargaining for money. I got what I wanted and they got what they wanted. They knew I was so anxious to do Born Yesterday that I'd have done it for a dollar. They gave me the next best thing. — Judy Holliday

Don't imitate. Find your own writing voice and hone it until it is yours alone. — Christopher Holliday

Now with all this movie business, everybody's coming around wanting to know everything that's happened since I was four. It's like going to an analyst. — Judy Holliday

I suppose that if I could have quit, I would have, because in those days I never wanted to be an actress, the acting was something to do while I waited for a chance to study writing and directing. But I guess I was just meant to be an actress. Because, here I am. — Judy Holliday

I'm about as musical as a rusty tin opener. — Lucy Holliday

Dave Rudabaugh is an ignorant scoundrel! I disapprove of his very existence. I considered ending it myself on several occasions but self-control got the better of me. — Doc Holliday

You have to look past the cool things and play the game. That's why you're here, to play the game. — Matt Holliday

Yes, you are still grieving for the fact that Olly is not loving you as you love him. But death is no solution. Certainly not this horrible, messy death. Could you at least not consider possible option that is not leaving you looking diabolical at funeral?"
Oh, for the love of God. — Lucy Holliday

I think I just learned that God has a plan for all of us, and I work hard and do all the things I can, but at the same time, His will is perfect; and me trying to control it, it's not going to work. — Matt Holliday

The grid is going to be a very different system in 2020, 2030. We keep thinking that we want it to be there and provide power when we need it ... Families will have to get used to only using power when it was available, rather than constantly. — Steve Holliday

If you fellows have been hunted from one end of the country to the other as I have been, you'll understand what a bad man's reputation is built on. I've had credit for more killings than I ever dreamt of — Doc Holliday

It appears my hypocrisy knows no bounds. — Doc Holliday

I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater. It was Judy Holliday. She had somehow fallen down the steps of the Village Vanguard, which still exists today. — Adolph Green

I want a part where I can use my own hair, my own voice, and maybe even be literate. — Judy Holliday

You get into pro ball and you realize all the guys were the best players on their teams. You have to keep moving forward. — Matt Holliday

It's always really surreal, being on a film set, but inside a beautiful, massive scene. — Holliday Grainger

You'll always end up filling out a character. It might be with aspects of yourself. — Holliday Grainger

We were wavering around like a ship without a sail. — Judy Holliday

My pussy tastes like Pepsi Cola." Lana Del Rey — Maddie Holliday Von Stark

It's important to know the kind of character that you need to be building up to, throughout the series. — Holliday Grainger

There is no normal life, there's just life. — Doc Holliday

A lot of times we base everything just on our immediate circumstance. We don't see a big picture for our lives. We don't love ourselves. We don't have a way of kind of gauging the future. — Jennifer Holliday

I did one of the 'Amazing Stories.' That was the first time I got to play a character who was a dumb blonde. I actually channeled Judy Holliday. — Cindy Morgan

I was asked once if I ever got tired of playing bimbos, and I answered that I've never played a bimbo. I've always played smart, manipulative women. Marilyn Monroe and Judy Holliday, who were not stupid, could play stupid really well, but I don't do it well. — Morgan Fairchild

Alice was pretty enough and played piano well, but she was educated in excess of a lady's requirements. She was also possessed of a quiet, stubborn strength of character that had discouraged beaux less determined than Henry Holliday, a Georgia planter ten years her senior. — Mary Doria Russell

I had ballooned out to close to 400 pounds at one point. And in the '80s, we were just beginning to get on video and disco. So therefore, I did not fit in, and my record company let me go because they said, 'Look, you're just not marketable enough with the weight problem.' — Jennifer Holliday

We had a lot of adversity, but we found a way. — Matt Holliday

A lot of people wanted me to play college football, but I wanted to get started playing pro baseball. — Matt Holliday

I just go out every day and try to work hard. — Matt Holliday

The only actress they didn't test was Garbo. Must have been her accent. — Judy Holliday

At the risk of descending to unscientific generalizations, 90 percent of Texans give the other 10 percent a bad name." - Attributed to John H. "Doc" Holliday — Mary Doria Russell