Jean Acker Quotes

In 1913, a twenty-year old Jean told an interviewer: "I`d rather jump from a moving train or ride a motorcycle fifty miles an hour or take a ride in an aeroplane than eat."

When asked why she married Valentino, she replied, "It was simply a case of California, the glamour of the Southern moonlight and the fascinating love-making of the man."

She gave this reason as to why Valentino married her: "I honestly believe that Rudolph would have married then any woman with an automobile."

On her second encounter with Valentino at a party: "The first question he asked was, `Do you care to dance?` I decided to sit it out with him under a California moon."