Audrey Hepburn Quotes - Page 2

Belgian - Actress May 4, 1929 - January 20, 1993 Read full biography

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I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.

Funny, Face, Dance, Mad, Things, Like

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion. - Audrey Hepburn

There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.

Girl, Shades, Complexion, Limelight

When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.

Life, Tea, Think, You, Nobody, Over

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone. - Audrey Hepburn

I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.

Alone, Want, Left

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't. - Audrey Hepburn

There is a moral obligation that those who have should give to those who don't.

Moral, Who, Give, Obligation, Should

I don't believe in collective guilt, but I do believe in collective responsibility.

Believe, Responsibility, Guilt

I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.

Happiness, Health, Memory, True, Short

I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine. - Audrey Hepburn

I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.

Face, Thought, Movies, Pictures, Never

Everything I learned I learned from the movies. - Audrey Hepburn

Everything I learned I learned from the movies.

Learning, Movies, Everything, Learned

I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.

Experience, Never, Career, Logic, Stage

People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone.

People, Never, Things, More, Out, Than

I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!

Dog, Hell, Born, Mess, I Was Born

Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.

World, Nothing, Injustice, Question, Who

The 'Third World' is a term I don't like very much because we're all one world. I want people to know that the largest part of humanity is suffering.

People, World, Suffering, Humanity, Know

Actually, you have to be a little bit in love with your leading man and vice versa. If you're going to portray love, you have to feel it. You can't do it any other way. But you don't carry it beyond the set.

Love, Man, You, Feel, Way, Little

Paris is always a good idea. - Audrey Hepburn

Paris is always a good idea.

Good, Travel, Paris, Always, Idea

Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present - and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.

Day, Future, Fear, Me, People, Past

You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.

You, Person, Say, Others, More, Tell

I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.

Myself, Mind, People, Think, Never, Just

If I get married, I want to be very married. - Audrey Hepburn

If I get married, I want to be very married.

Marriage, Want, Get, Very, Married

Taking care of children has nothing to do with politics. I think perhaps with time, instead of there being a politicization of humanitarian aid, there will be a humanization of politics.

Children, Politics, Time, Think, Care

My first big mission for UNICEF in Ethiopia was just to attract attention, before it was too late, to conditions which threatened the whole country. My role was to inform the world, to make sure that the people of Ethiopia were not forgotten.

People, World, Attention, Country, Late

It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'

You, Matter, Others, More, Up, First

I had to make a choice at one point in my life, of missing films or missing my children. It was a very easy decision to make because I missed my children so very much.

Life, Children, Decision, My Life, Easy

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