Quote #32

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by an Italian, married to an Englishman and have a French boyfriend.

More from Katharine Hepburn

  1. Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live next door and just visit now and then.
  2. To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.
  3. Someone asked someone who was about my age: 'How are you?' The answer was, 'Fine. If you don't ask for details.'
  4. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your…
  5. Barbara Walters: So, Kate, do you even own a skirt? Katharine Hepburn: I own one, Barbara. I shall wear it to your funeral.
  6. 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.
  7. Plain women know more about men than beautiful women do.
  8. Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer?

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