Katharine Ross Quotes
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You have to know what you want out of your work or out of your life.
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I'm stubborn, which is not necessarily admirable.
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Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you.
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The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active.
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Marriage has nothing to do with feelings; it just gives children a name.
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Marriage is not different from a relationship.
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Age is so immaterial. Isn't this all just the blink of an eyelash?
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Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from.
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I find it embarrassing and disgusting to ask to do a part and be told I'm too pretty. How can I answer that?
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In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' I play a schoolteacher who is older than I am in life - and I like that.
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I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer.
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I don't have a favorite part. My current part is my favorite part. And when I do the next thing, that will be my favorite part.
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Maybe I don't have an accurate view of myself. For instance, I keep getting cast as 'The Beautiful Girl,' but I don't happen to think I'm beautiful.
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I study things like the life cycle of the worm.
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I like to sit and talk to someone, and if they want to write about it, OK. But when it's a chore, I have a choice. There's a choice for all of us, including me.
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I'm bored. I'm bored with the kind of parts I get offered. I can do more.
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When I first came to Hollywood, I couldn't afford a telephone.
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I made four pictures before 'The Graduate,' and nothing ever happened. And after that - wow!
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There's a period in one's life when beauty is very important. For me, it was high school. But I had a grandmother who kept saying, 'Handsome is as handsome does.' That's always stuck with me.
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I don't want to be a big movie star.
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I do want to be good at what I do, sometimes for a lot of money and sometimes for none.
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Acting is important to me, but so is the rest of my life, and what I still keep in mind is that the pressure of being successful lasts so short a time.
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When you hit 40, you suddenly find that they are looking at younger actresses.
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The hardest thing about becoming famous is trying not to lose yourself. The thing I like best about it is the recognition of my work.