Katharine Hepburn Quotes
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We were brought up in the school that teaches: You do what the script tells you. Deliver the goods without comment. Live it-do it-or shut up. After all, the writer is what's important. If the script is good and you don't get in its way, it will come off okay. I never discussed a script with Spence [Spencer Tracy]; we just did it. The same with Hank [Henry Fonda] in On Golden Pond. Naturally and unconsciously we joined into what I call a musical necessity-the chemistry that brings out the essence of the characters and the work.
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Kindness is one of the greatest gifts you can bestow upon another. If someone is in need, lend them a helping hand. Do not wait for a thank you. True kindness lies within the act of giving without the expectation of something in return.
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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.
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I welcome death. In death there are no interviews!
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It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.
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Who is Katharine Hepburn? It took me a long time to create that creature.
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I don't feel the slightest interest in the next world; I think it's here. And I think anything good that you're going to do, you should do for other people here and not so you can try to have a happy time in the next world.
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I always wanted to be a movie actress. I thought it was very romantic. And it was.
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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.
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I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky.
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People have grown fond of me, like some old building.
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Wouldn't it be great if people could get to live suddenly as often as they die suddenly?
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It's a new low for actresses when you have to wonder what is between her ears instead of her legs.
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I love rain. It's lucky, I always think.
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Listen to the Song of Life.
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I have loved and been in love. There's a big difference.
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I'm a legend because I've survived over a long period of time and still seem to be master of my fate - I'm still paddling the goddamned boat myself.
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If you follow all of the rules, you'll miss all of the fun.
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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.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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I've made forty-three pictures. Naturally I'm adorable in all of them.
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I've always thought men and women are not too well suited to each other. It's inevitable that they should come together, but, again, how well suited are they to live together in the same house?
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Bogart was like Henry Fonda - proud and happy to be an actor.
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We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.