Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
-- Katharine Hepburn
Much as I love Katie for her skills, presence, and beauty (and for the mental images she has gifted me by being bi), I don't think that's a solid argument. Just look at what Mozart was also accomplishing at four.
Just look at what Mozart was also accomplishing at four.
ReplyDeleteNot much, actually. The music he's famous for was composed much later.
I guess I was thinking of somebody else then.
ReplyDelete"It is sobering to consider that when Mozart was my age he had already been dead for a year."
ReplyDelete-- Tom Lehrer
No, Mozart is the right guy. He was performing for royalty when he was like five. I think anonymous just meant his more famous work came later.
ReplyDeleteYes. It's still amazing that he was composing anything that young, but his reputation was built on later work.
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