Katharine Hepburn Quotes

Only the really plain people know about love - the very fascinating ones try so hard to create an impression that they soon exhaust their talents.
Katharine Hepburn

Love, Hard, Try

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.
Katharine Hepburn

Age, Yourself, Sex

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.
Katharine Hepburn

Perfect, Idiot, Acting

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

Mind, Next, Innovation

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

Marriage, Desperate, Series

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.
Katharine Hepburn

Trying, Position

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when she was four.
Katharine Hepburn

After, Acting, She

I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.
Katharine Hepburn

Good, Art, Whether

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.
Katharine Hepburn

Life, Time, Someone

To be loved is very demoralizing.
Katharine Hepburn

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous.
Katharine Hepburn

Famous, Learn, Wanted

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

Business, Profession, Egocentric

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: May 12, 1907

Died: June 29, 2003

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