The average Hollywood film stars ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend. – Katharine Hepburn
What you see before you is the result of a lifetime of chocolate. – Katharine Hepburn
Without discipline, there is no life at all. – Katharine Hepburn
I have many regrets, and Im sure everyone does. The stupid things you do, you regret if you have any sense, and if you dont regret them, maybe youre stupid. – Katharine Hepburn
Its life isnt it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels. – Katharine Hepburn
Acting is a nice childish profession – pretending youre someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself. – Katharine Hepburn
My greatest strength is common sense. Im really a standard brand – like Campbells tomato soup or Bakers chocolate. – 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 dont do that by sitting around. – Katharine Hepburn
When I started out, I didnt have any desire to be an actress or to learn how to act. I just wanted to be famous. – Katharine Hepburn
We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers – but never blame yourself. Its never your fault. But its always your fault, because if you wanted to change youre the one who has got to change. – Katharine Hepburn
Its a business you go into because your an egocentric. Its a very embarrassing profession. – Katharine Hepburn
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because theyre good or there because theyre lucky. – Katharine Hepburn
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 Im past that age. – Katharine Hepburn
As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work. – Katharine Hepburn
I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex. – Katharine Hepburn
To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time. – 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
Marriage is a series of desperate arguments people feel passionately about. – 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
