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

Katharine Hepburn

Acting is the most minor of gifts and not a very high-class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

Katharine Hepburn

I am an atheist and that's it. I believe there's nothing we can know except that we should be kind to each other and do what we can for other people.

Katharine Hepburn

The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.

Katharine Hepburn

Now how can anybody look at that and not believe in God? I mean, how can anybody look at this and not believe there is some higher power, some divine force at work in the universe greater than Man, some god that created it, that created all this, tha...

Katharine Hepburn

I have not lived as a woman. I have lived as a man. I've just done what I damn well wanted to, and I've made enough money to support myself, and ain't afraid of being alone.

Katharine Hepburn

What in the world would we do without our libraries?

Katharine Hepburn

I would have made a terrible parent. The first time my child didn't do what I wanted, I'd kill him.

Katharine Hepburn

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

Katharine Hepburn

If you want to change attitudes, start with a change in behavior.

Katharine Hepburn

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

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

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

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Katharine Hepburn

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.

Katharine Hepburn

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

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

Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

Katharine Hepburn

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.

Katharine Hepburn

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Katharine Hepburn

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

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