It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession. Katharine Hepburn More Quotes by Katharine Hepburn More Quotes From Katharine Hepburn What acting means is that you've got to get out of your own skin. Katharine Hepburn theatreskinsmean Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do. Katharine Hepburn beautifulbeautylife I think all good actors are personalities. If they're not, they're not stars. What makes you a star is horsepower. Katharine Hepburn starspersonalitythinking If it interests you, they don't have to pay you. It's a fascinating business anyway-it's very nice to be paid-but when you do thrilling material, it's like buying a piece of furniture that's really good. Katharine Hepburn piecesnicepay I thought, can you think of any really good reason not to do it? Except that, oh, I'm so shy, or oh, my private life, or oh, are they going to find out how boring I am? You know? And that was the only reason now, in a sense, not to do television. Because it certainly is a method of expression, which has to be accepted as these things come along. Katharine Hepburn shyexpressionthinking Life is very hard, isn't it? It does kill you, after all. Katharine Hepburn life-isdoelife Afraid of death? Not at all. Be a great relief. Then I wouldn't have to talk to you. Katharine Hepburn relieffunnydeath Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor. Katharine Hepburn bogartproudactors It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs. Katharine Hepburn actresseslegsears I don't think that work ever really destroyed anybody. I think that lack of work destroys them a hell of a lot more. Katharine Hepburn hellhard-workthinking I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky. Katharine Hepburn usedluckinspirational With all the opportunities I had, I could have done more. And if I'd done more, I could have been quite remarkable. Katharine Hepburn remarkabledoneopportunity Its a force of life, sex; you cant deny the thrill of riding high, wide and handsome with someone you love. Katharine Hepburn ridingthrillsex Our Constitution was not intended to be used by ... any group to foist its personal religious beliefs on the rest of us. Katharine Hepburn atheistreligiousreligion It is the ordinary woman who knows something about love; the gorgeous ones are too busy being gorgeous. Katharine Hepburn gorgeousbusyordinary My father, a surgeon and urologist, studied sex professionally all his life. Before he died at 82, he told me he hadn't come to any conclusions about it at all. Katharine Hepburn conclusionfathersex I don't give a damn about marriage. But I do care about honor. Katharine Hepburn carehonorgiving Only when a woman decides not to have children, can a woman live like a man. That's what I've done. Katharine Hepburn donemenchildren How wonderful are the women and men in the world who feed us. Especially those who feed us with no salary. The mothers—I thought. The wives. Katharine Hepburn wifemothermen If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building. Katharine Hepburn old-buildingsbirthdaylong
