Acting is the perfect idiot's profession.

Quote by Katharine Hepburn

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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...

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same...

Acting is a nice childish profession - pretending you're someone else and, at the same...

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.

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...

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need...

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. But beautiful women don't need...

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to...

When I started out, I didn't have any desire to be an actress or to...

Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you...

Living wasn't easy for you, was it? You couldn't enter your own life, but you...

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.

It's a rather rude gesture, but at least it's clear what you mean.

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with...

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get - only with...

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...

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

If you obey all the rules you miss all the fun.

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the...

We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the...

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...

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...

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do.

The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living....

The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living....

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

If you always do what interests you, at least one person is pleased.

Never complain. Never explain.

Never complain. Never explain.

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.

Trying to be fascinating is an asinine position to be in.