Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
KATHARINE HEPBURNTrying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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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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I like to move fast, and wearing high heels was tough, and low heels with a skirt is unattractive. So pants took over.
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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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Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That’s what I’ve done.
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Not everyone is lucky enough to understand how delicious it is to suffer.
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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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When I’ve been unsuccessful, I’ve been controlled. When I’ve been successful, I’ve been in control.
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Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the opposite sex, and at a certain age, I did that. But I’m past that age.
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.
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It’s how you live that really counts.
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Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
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The only time I am ever miserable is when I do something just for the money.
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I wear my sort of clothes to save me the trouble of deciding which clothes to wear.
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I believe how I act today will affect how I am tomorrow.
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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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