Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn

Topics: Katharine Hepburn Quotes

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on...

It's life isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on...

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live...

Sometimes I wonder if men and women really suit each other. Perhaps they should live...

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by...

The average Hollywood film star's ambition is to be admired by an American, courted by...

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a...

It would be a terrific innovation if you could get your mind to stretch a...

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if...

Being a housewife and a mother is the biggest job in the world, but if...

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one,...

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one,...

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the...

Dressing up is a bore. At a certain age, you decorate yourself to attract the...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well...

Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well...

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

I never realized until lately that women were supposed to be the inferior sex.

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain...

If you want to give up the admiration of thousands of men for the distain...

Never complain. Never explain.

Never complain. Never explain.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier...

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier...

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when...

Acting is the most minor of gifts. After all, Shirley Temple could do it when...

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Death will be a great relief. No more interviews.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one,...

If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one,...

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

As for me, prizes are nothing. My prize is my work.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Without discipline, there's no life at all.

Discipline doesn't break a child's spirit half as often as the lack of it breaks...

Discipline doesn't break a child's spirit half as often as the lack of it breaks...

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand...

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand...