Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburn
Audrey Hepburnwas a British actress. Recognised as a film and fashion icon, Hepburn was active during Hollywood's Golden Age. She was ranked by the American Film Institute as the third-greatest female screen legend in Golden Age Hollywood and was inducted into the International Best Dressed List Hall of Fame. Born in Ixelles, a district of Brussels, Hepburn spent her childhood between Belgium, England and the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, she studied ballet with Sonia Gaskell before moving to London in 1948,...
NationalityBelgian
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth4 May 1929
CityIxelles, Belgium
CountryBelgium
I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.
Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.
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.'
When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.
Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.
Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.
If I get married, I want to be very married.
Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.
I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.
If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
My look is attainable. Women can look like
Let me tell you something, Mister. If I had her money, I'd be richer than she is.' - Breakfast at Tiffany's
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.