I think everyone is an opportunist if they have an opportunity.
KATHARINE HEPBURNPeople 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.
More Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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I don’t think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more.
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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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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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Everyone thought I was bold and fearless and even arrogant, but inside I was always quaking.
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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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People who want to be famous are really loners. Or they should be.
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I have many regrets, and I’m sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you don’t regret them, maybe you’re stupid.
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If you survive long enough, you’re revered – rather like an old building.
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I think all good actors are personalities. If they’re not, they’re not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower.
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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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Acting is the perfect idiot’s profession.
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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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I don’t care WHAT the say about me, as long as it’s not the truth.
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If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting.
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I love rain. It’s lucky, I always think.
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