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Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn is one of Hollywood's greatest movie legends. After appearing in a few college theatrical productions and off-Broadway plays, she took on the silver screen. There, she captured Oscars for her roles in Morning Glory, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, The Lion in Winter and On Golden Pond. Her first film with Spencer Tracy was W…

Date of Birth: May 12, 1907

Date of Death: June 29, 2003

Found 65 quotes by Katharine Hepburn.
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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."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress

"If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress Interest

"Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress Argument

"It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress Innovation

"Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don't do that by sitting around wondering about yourself."

Katharine Hepburn

"It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Acting And Actors American Actress

"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with what you are expecting to give - which is everything."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress

"If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun"

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Fun

"My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate."

Katharine Hepburn

". . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Life

"Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need to know about men. It's the men who have to know about beautiful women."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress

"Never complain. Never explain."

Katharine Hepburn

"If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one, go ahead, get married."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Admiration American Actress

"If you survive long enough, you're revered - rather like an old building."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Birthday Funny

"I never lose sight of the fact that just being is fun."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress

"Life is hard. After all, it kills you."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress Life

"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."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Regrets

"We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - you can blame anyone 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. It's as simple as that, isn't it?"

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Blame

"Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress

"Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself"

Katharine Hepburn Topics: Acting And Actors

"As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work."

Katharine Hepburn Topics: American Actress Prizes

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