Quotes by Katharine Hepburn

About Katharine Hepburn:

Katharine Houghton Hepburn was an American actress. Known for her fierce independence and spirited personality, Hepburn was a leading lady in Hollywood for more than 60 years. She appeared in a range of genres, from screwball comedy to literary drama, and received four Academy Awards for Best Actress—a record for any performer. In 1999, Hepburn was named by the American Film Institute as the greatest female star in Hollywood history.
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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

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

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

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - 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.

Katharine Hepburn

Life is hard. After all, it kills you.

Katharine Hepburn

Love Katharine Hepburn. Her selfless love to Spencer, with little or no regard for her own needs, wants or care, bothers me. The book while interesting, was not what i expected, yet, the last chapter was the most disturbing, love knows no bounds, she...

Katharine Hepburn

The country is like a great sponge—it finally absorbs you. Eventually you will get malaria or you will get dysentery and whatever you do, if you don't keep doing it, the jungle will grow over you. Black or white, you've got to fight it every minute...

Katharine Hepburn

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
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If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

Katharine Hepburn

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.

Katharine Hepburn

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

Katharine Hepburn

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

Katharine Hepburn

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

Katharine Hepburn

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

Katharine Hepburn

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if it doesn't interest you, don't do it - I would have made a terrible mother.

Katharine Hepburn

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

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

Katharine Hepburn

Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

Katharine Hepburn

To be loved is very demoralizing.

Katharine Hepburn

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

Katharine Hepburn

Author Bio

  • NameKatharine Hepburn
  • Descriptionfilm, stage, and television actress
  • BornMay 12, 1907
  • DiedJune 29, 2003
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Film Actor; Autobiographer
  • AwardsList Of Awards And Nominations Received By Katharine Hepburn; Academy Award For Best Actress