I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
KATHARINE HEPBURNI realised long ago that skirts are hopeless. Anytime I hear a man say he prefers a woman in a skirt, I say, ‘Try one. Try a skirt.’
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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The terrible thing about acting in the theater is that you have to do it at night.
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You can say or write anything about me you like. Just don’t, for any reason, ever tell the truth.
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Being an actor is such a humiliating experience because you are selling yourself to the public, your face, your personality, and that is humiliating. As you get older, it becomes more humiliating because you’ve got less to sell.
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To live creatively free, do what you know how to do now, then ‘act as if’ you know how to do the rest.
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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. It’s never your fault. But it’s always your fault, because if you wanted to change you’re the one who has got to change.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I’ve just done what I damn well wanted to, and I’ve made enough money to support myself, and ain’t afraid of being alone
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I’ve always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It’s inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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You can’t change the music of your soul.
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The average Hollywood film star’s ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.
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Wouldn’t it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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