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.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIt’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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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It is the plain women who know about love; the beautiful women are too busy being fascinating.
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Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
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If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.
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To be loved is very demoralizing.
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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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Enemies are so stimulating.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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I don’t regret anything I’ve ever done; as long as I enjoyed it at the time.
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Time is the stuff of which life is made.
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People think that I’m tough and strong and that I kicked my way through everything. But they are wrong. The truth is that when I was young I was adorable and a trembling wreck.
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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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