Katharine Hepburn Once Said...: Great Lines to Live by

by Katharine Hepburn and Susan Crimp

Book Overview

A career spanning more than sixty years. A life spanning almost a century. Katharine Hepburn reached the height of success as an actress and also suffered through periods that would have ended other actresses' careers. But she persevered with a mix of humor and sarcasm, tenderness and brutal honesty. The world has not been the same since.Collected here are the words that made Katharine Hepburn "Kate" to millions of fans. It does not matter whether...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060581727
• ISBN13: 9780060581725
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: It Books
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.1" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

Good, Interesting Quotes, A Few Pics--But That's It!

This book of Katharine Hepburn quotes, both from her movies and her own sharp wit, is lovingly done and beautifully presented with several black-and-white photographs of the actress, most of which are publicity stills. The main problem with the book: there are no attributions to the quotes, and no info on Hepburn herself. There is a bibiliography, so if you're really meticulous (or a little odd), you can research everything and get the dates of the quotes; otherwise, you're left high and dry as to information about the material.There is also very little info on the actress herself, just a very short (2-3 pages in an undersized hardcover) snippet of a biography. There is also no speculation on the quotes themselves. While that gives the readers free range for interpretation, again, knowing the dates would have been nice.The reason I gave it four stars instead of three: one of the pictures in the beginning of the book. It may appear elsewhere, but I don't know. It has Hepburn sitting in a plane with a flight helmet on. If you don't have this picture, buy the book just for it alone--talk about those cheek bones!!! Hepubrn looks even more sculpted than usual!Bottom Line: Worth the "Used and New" discounted price for the novelty of it, and that one picture. Otherwise, it's a complete coffee table book.