312 Quotes by Katharine Hepburn

I find a woman's point of view much grander and finer than a man's.

The most minor gifts and not a very high class way to earn a living. After all, Shirley Temple could do it at the age of four.

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

It's how you live that really counts

. . . as one goes through life one learns that if you don't paddle your own canoe, you don't move.

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.

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.

It's life, isn't it? You plow ahead and make a hit. And you plow on and someone passes you. Then someone passes them. Time levels.