"Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood"
About this Quote
The intent feels practical, almost reportorial: to mark the hinge where personal loss turns into relocation, and relocation turns into a career. That’s the subtext: Hollywood isn’t framed as a dream so much as a necessity, the place you end up when the family structure collapses and a mother has to make the next move. The car becomes a quiet emblem of midcentury America - mobility as survival, not leisure. In a single sentence, the quote sketches a familiar social history: widows and children migrating toward work, toward networks, toward the industries that promise stability.
Context matters because “Hollywood” here likely predates its later self-parody as pure spectacle. For Davis’s generation, it’s both a town and an engine: animation studios, commercial art, the emerging factory of images. The poignancy is that the pathway into building make-believe begins with something brutally real. Davis isn’t selling inspiration; he’s admitting that sometimes the road to the cultural center starts with a funeral and an ignition key.
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APA Style (7th ed.)
Davis, Marc. (2026, January 17). Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/later-my-father-died-up-in-marysville-so-my-55986/
Chicago Style
Davis, Marc. "Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/later-my-father-died-up-in-marysville-so-my-55986/.
MLA Style (9th ed.)
"Later, my father died up in Marysville. So, my mother and I got in the car and came down to Hollywood." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/later-my-father-died-up-in-marysville-so-my-55986/. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
