Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
KATHARINE HEPBURNIf you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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Love fattens on smooth words.
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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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I’m an atheist, and that’s it. I believe there’s nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for people.
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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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Isn’t it fun getting older? is really a terrible fallacy. That’s like saying I prefer driving an old car with a flat tire.
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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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To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
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I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun.
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What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
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Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending you’re someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
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If you’re given a choice between money and sex appeal, take the money. As you get older, the money will become your sex appeal.
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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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The time to make up your mind about people is never.
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You don’t pick who you fall in love with. There are so few people to love. It’s hard for one adult to even like another. Almost impossible.
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I would have been a terrible mother because I’m basically a very selfish human being. Not that that has stopped most people going off and having children.
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