Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
KATHARINE HEPBURNThe woman’s position in the world today is so much harder than a man’s that it makes me choke every time I hear a man complain about anything.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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It’s either some kind of electricity or some kind of energy. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I’ve got it.
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It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
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The notion that work is a burden is a terrible mistake. Working and facing up to one’s responsibilities: That’s happiness.
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Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn’t interest you, don’t do it – I would have made a terrible mother.
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Don’t moan, don’t whine, don’t blame. Just get on with it.
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A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same — scandal.
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I don’t feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it’s here. And I think anything good that you’re going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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There are no laurels in life, just new challenges.
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Vitality! That’s the pursuit of life, isn’t it?
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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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If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.
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