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
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 don't do that by sitting around.
My greatest strength is... common sense. I'm really a standard brand - like Campbell's tomato soup or Baker's chocolate.
Never complain. Never explain.
You are the only person you can actually change
I've made forty-three pictures. Naturally I'm adorable in all of them.
What you see before you, my friend, is the result of a lifetime of chocolate.
You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.
It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a little further than the next wisecrack.
Once a crowd chased me for an autograph. 'Beat it, ' I said, 'go sit on a tack!' 'We made you, ' they said. 'Like hell you did, ' I told them.
Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same time, selling yourself.
As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.
Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.
It's a bore - B-O-R-E - when you find you've begun to rot.
The calla lilies are in bloom again.