Katharine Hepburn

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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.
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As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
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.
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
My greatest strength is common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.
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.
If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.
Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.

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