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All Quotes by author - Katharine Ross

" 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. "

" Age is so immaterial. Isn't this all just the blink of an eyelash? "

" Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you. "

" I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer. "

" I'd like to be able to be like a director, like Richard Brooks, say. And be able to say, 'I did my best, and this is it, and there's nobody to blame but me.' "

" 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. "

" I don't want to be a big movie star. "

" I do want to be good at what I do, sometimes for a lot of money and sometimes for none. "

" I find it embarrassing and disgusting to ask to do a part and be told I'm too pretty. How can I answer that? "

" I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me. "

" 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. "

" I made four pictures before 'The Graduate,' and nothing ever happened. And after that - wow! "

" I'm bored. I'm bored with the kind of parts I get offered. I can do more. "

" I'm stubborn, which is not necessarily admirable. "

" In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' I play a schoolteacher who is older than I am in life - and I like that. "

" I study things like the life cycle of the worm. "

" Marriage has nothing to do with feelings; it just gives children a name. "

" Marriage is not different from a relationship. "

" 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. "

" Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from. "

" 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. "

" The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active. "

" 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. "

" When I first came to Hollywood, I couldn't afford a telephone. "

" When you hit 40, you suddenly find that they are looking at younger actresses. "

" You have to know what you want out of your work or out of your life. "

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