Wadd: The Life and Times of John C. Holmes
1998
Bob Vosse: John was to the adult entertainment industry what Elvis Presley was to rock and roll, he simply was the king.
Bill Amerson: The closest John ever got to UCLA was stealing something out of a car in the parking lot. John didn't go to UCLA, he quit school in the 9th grade.
Sharon Holmes: John asked me to come with him and start a new life and I told him, "You can't change". ... It was the first time in my life that I used the word "fuck", and I told him to "Get the fuck out of my life"... And that was the last time we ever spoke.
(stock footage of a John Holmes interview) Interviewer: Do you take drugs? John Holmes: No. Interviewer: Are you sure? You honestly don't take drugs? John Holmes: No, I don't take drugs. Drugs take me.
Mike Sager: (commenting of John Holmes being a police informant) It's ironic that here he is credited with single handedly bringing porn to people's attention, yet at the same time he was simultaneously having all these other stars busted. It's almost as if he was creating ground for himself to be the only living star.
(last line) Sharon Mitchell: I know where he is, I can always push play.
Candida Royale: I never was victim of any of his moodiness other than, he knew he could throw his weight around on the set. So if there was something he didn't want to do, if he wanted to stop, that shoot was shut down.