Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Hepburn
Katharine Houghton Hepburnwas 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 she 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 of Classic Hollywood Cinema...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actress
Date of Birth12 May 1907
CityHartford, CT
CountryUnited States of America
A boy sows a wild oat or two, the world winks. A girl does the same -- scandal.
I was brought up by two extremely intelligent people who gave me the greatest gift that man can give anyone, and that is freedom from fear.
Two of an actress's greatest assets are love and pain. A great actress, even a good actress, must have plenty of both in her life.
Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.
Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you could be someone else. You weren't you then; you were safe.
Someone asked someone who was about my age: "How are you?" The answer was, "Fine. If you don't ask for details.
Someone asked someone who was about my age: ""How are you?"" The answer was, ""Fine. If you don't ask for details.
If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain of one, go ahead, get married.
The noise is so loud that birds, waves, and people are silenced by the frantic roar of morons screaming and tearing back and forth, back and forth, devastating the peace of a quiet day at the beach and the joy of fellow boatmen on the water.
Drive on. We'll sweep up the blood later!
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.
. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.
The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself