David James Elliott Quotes

Hollywood in the 1930s is an incredible period of history. There are so many amazing stories about the stars and the studios at that time that you can't fit into one film.

I wish I was old Hollywood.

I came in on the tail end of the old school of Hollywood.

Everybody thinks making films back to back is a big deal but they did it all the time in the old days.

I was just a mini-star when we did 'Gone With the Wind.'

I seldom ever missed a Gary Cooper picture if I could manage to see it.

I made my last motion picture in March 1965 for Magna Pictures. 'Harlow,' based on the life of actress Jean Harlow... I didn't know at the time that 'Harlow' would be my last motion picture.

My grandmother was an actress too. In the thirties and forties she was under contract with Universal Studios. Crazy credits, lots of them. My dad was also under contract with Universal Studios. And my first film was shot on the same stage they both worked on at Universal.

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad.

Many years ago, I had the pleasure of editing a book by Joan Crawford, who, like Norma Desmond, was still a big star; it was just the movies that had gotten smaller.

I grew up being obsessed with old Hollywood and loving the history, what's behind the scenes, and what people don't know.

The golden age of Hollywood was the conceit of the movie and the style of the movie.

I'm a big fan of old Hollywood.

Lana Turner taught me how to kiss on the set of the movie 'Diane' in the early Fifties.

'Off With Their Heads' by Frances Marion. I love a showbusiness autobiography - and this one resonates because it's written by one of the great Hollywood screenwriters.

I love 'Bringing Up Baby.' Anything that Katharine Hepburn's in. I'm committed to the Humphrey Bogart, Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn era of filmmaking.

My favorite film is 'All About Eve'.

I think that we all fantasize about that teeny tiny time in the film industry when women ruled, back in the '40s.

I feel like a survivor from an age that people no longer understand. I want to try to explain what the 1930s - the golden age of Hollywood - was truly like. People forget that America was such a different place then, not yet the dominant force in the world.

I was very entertained by Betty Grable and Judy Garland.

Unless you're of a certain age, you may not know my name, but you can Google it - I was a pretty big movie star in the 1950s. Oh, and another thing: I was - am - gay.

It was just such a demeaning thing to do, being in silent movies. They'd call you up and tell you, 'Hey, jump off this building!' and they'd give you a hundred bucks, and you'd do it.

I love old Hollywood. I love our early film culture.

My mother didn't let me see color films. I saw a lot of black-and-white films. The first time I saw Basil Rathbone, I was completely taken. To me, that was the epitome of great acting, was Basil Rathbone - not only in Sherlock Holmes, but the Sheriff of Nottingham, and all the terrible characters he had to play alongside Errol Flynn.

I was a big fan of Greta Garbo and that era of movies, so I dreamt watching those movies.