Beauty in the apertures of pain

“I was 15, sitting in a 55-cent balcony seat at the Shubert Theater on Broadway when I heard those words and saw the face of Katharine Hepburn live for the first time. It was The Philadelphia Story. I knew then that she was different. She is that rare creature, her voice immediately bringing to mind her astonishing face. She is a member of that club of very few actresses who at their sound are totally identifiable. An immediate vision… Katharine Hepburn that afternoon made me glad to be alive—and sure that being an actress was the only goal in life.” Lauren Bacall