You just could not trip up Katharine Hepburn.

>During the filming of *Bringing Up Baby* (1938), director [Howard Hawks](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ef/Howard_Hawks_head_shot.jpg) was impressed by [Katharine Hepburn](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Katharine_Hepburn_promo_pic.jpg)’s gift for improvisation. “In one scene she broke the heel of a shoe,” he recalled. “She was right on camera, and without fluffing a line, she said, as she limped, ‘I was born on the side of a hill!’ “ __________________________ **Source:** Boller, Paul F., and Ronald L. Davis. "Comedy." *Hollywood Anecdotes*. New York: Morrow, 1987. 259. Print. **Original Source Listed:** Charles Higham, *Kate: The Life of Katharine Hepburn* (N.Y.: Norton, 1975), p. 86. __________________________ **Further Reading:** [Bringing Up Baby](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bringing_Up_Baby) [Howard Winchester Hawks](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hawks) [Katharine Houghton Hepburn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Hepburn)