01.18.2012 
caseemarie: …something else that fascinates me about Cary Grant is the way he was simultaneously elusive and friendly. I’ll always remember reading about Audrey Hepburn’s first meeting with him at a restaurant before filming for Charade began, their first and only film together. Audrey was nervous and told him so. He responded, “Don’t be…I’m thrilled to know you. Here, sit down…Put your hands on the table, palms up, put your head down and take a few deep breaths.” When Audrey put her head down she spilled a bottle of wine all over Cary’s cream suit. She was mortified, of course, and Audrey later recalled that he “nonchalantly removed his jacket and pretended, very convincingly, that the stain would simply go away.” The next day he sent her caviar and a note telling her not to feel bad, as she had apologized profusely since the incident. She also said that Cary gave her a simple piece of advice during their time together, and by sharing it with her I think he was sharing it with the world: she said, “He laid his hand on my two hands and said, ‘You’ve got to learn to like yourself a little more.’ I’ve often thought about that.” From a post I wrote last year on The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower ~ Cary Grant: Style Icon.

caseemarie:

…something else that fascinates me about Cary Grant is the way he was simultaneously elusive and friendly. I’ll always remember reading about Audrey Hepburn’s first meeting with him at a restaurant before filming for Charade began, their first and only film together. Audrey was nervous and told him so. He responded, “Don’t be…I’m thrilled to know you. Here, sit down…Put your hands on the table, palms up, put your head down and take a few deep breaths.” When Audrey put her head down she spilled a bottle of wine all over Cary’s cream suit. She was mortified, of course, and Audrey later recalled that he “nonchalantly removed his jacket and pretended, very convincingly, that the stain would simply go away.” The next day he sent her caviar and a note telling her not to feel bad, as she had apologized profusely since the incident. She also said that Cary gave her a simple piece of advice during their time together, and by sharing it with her I think he was sharing it with the world: she said, “He laid his hand on my two hands and said, ‘You’ve got to learn to like yourself a little more.’ I’ve often thought about that.”

From a post I wrote last year on The Girl Who Stole the Eiffel Tower ~ Cary Grant: Style Icon.

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