Sean Hepburn Ferrer Because by the time I went to the village school in Switzerland, we’re talking about September 1965, she was finishing ‘Wait Until Dark’ which was released in ’66. That’s when she gave up being an actress to be a full-time mom – in a farmhouse with fruit trees. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer But I believe that the huge advances now being made in genetic research will be the key to personalized medicine one day. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer Her mother was a Christian Scientist who didn’t believe in calling doctors. So when my mother caught whooping cough as a baby, stopped breathing and turned blue, her mother revived her by spanking her on the bottom. She saw life itself as a gift and saw her own survival as precious and a matter of chance. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer I believe my mother’s immune system was harmed because of all the vaccinations she needed to visit different countries, when her body was already weakened after an impoverished wartime childhood. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer President Kennedy visited once, but that was in Switzerland and I remember the Secret Service men dressed in black swarming about the house. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer She didn’t want the typical Hollywood lifestyle of juggling a career and leaving the kids at home with nannies, so she’d take me to buy socks and books and help me with my homework. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer Even now, we’re surprised by the reach of my mum, so you can imagine our surprise at the interest in my daughter. We got calls from Hollywood companies wanting to do a reality show with her and we thought, ‘About what? We’re not a Hollywood family.’ – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer My mother was a biographer’s dream and a nightmare. She was a dream because she was a classic to write about and everybody loves her. She was a nightmare because there are no scandals, quasi-cruelties, no really juicy stuff. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer My mother was not very good about keeping clothes; if they were outdated, she’d give them to an aunt or cousins or museums. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer She was brave and would try anything. But she was never very confident. She didn’t even think she was particularly beautiful – which turned out to be a good thing because it made her act like a real person instead of a sex symbol. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer If she looks natural on screen, that’s just the way she was in life – very unassuming and full of life. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
Sean Hepburn Ferrer I think that’s the greatest gift she gave us, this normal upbringing without her fame hanging over our heads. It actually prepared us for the world. – Sean Hepburn Ferrer
