You Can't Fall Off the Floor
And Other Lessons from a Life in Hollywood

Harris Katleman certainly likes himself--his ego alone must have propelled the under-educated college dropout to become a major player in Hollywood (that and his Mafia-connected uncle). There is no evidence in this book that Harris had any idea what he was doing at any point in his career, and he ju......more

This is very close to being a 'vanity' autobiography as Harris Katleman tells us how he made his way in the movie/TV business through guile and cunning. In reality as he works his way up from assistant to studio head, he spends most of his time smoozing other movers/shakers in Hollywood, as they all......more

Thank you to the author and the publisher for an advanced copy of this book! I won it for my boyfriend, who provided the review below! You Can't Fall Off the Floor is an entertaining memoir of one man's path through Hollywood. It was fascinating to read about the creation of famous works like From He......more

This book was not what I anticipated. I thought that this book would be more of an in-depth analysis of the author’s time in Hollywood, but it was more of a self-centered who’s-who. It’s not to say that this book wasn’t interesting or that it didn’t offer a unique perspective on Hollywood, because i......more

I was anxious to read this book because Katleman was president of the MGM Television Dept while I worked there. This book covers his career from his early 20's to his retirement. It was especially interesting when he mentions other executives familiar to me some of which I admired and some that I di......more