Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Katharine Cornell

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Last updated on November 9, 2024.

Katharine Cornell was an American stage actress, writer, theater owner and producer. She was born in Berlin to American parents and raised in Buffalo, New York.

American - Actress | February 16, 1893 - June 9, 1974

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When an actress is younger, she likes to lower her age, but when she is older, she likes to add to her years.

Katharine Cornell

I was nervous from the very beginning, and it got worse as the years went on. I was conscientious and wanted to do more, always, than I was able. I don't think, when I was playing, that I was ever happy - beginning at 4 o'clock any afternoon.

Katharine Cornell

I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.

Katharine Cornell

I drifted into acting. My grandfather had a house in Buffalo in which there was a stage, and his friends met every two weeks or so to put on plays. So it was natural for me to put on plays, too, when I went to boarding school. I put on everything in the drama - I was indiscriminate. I put on Yeats and Shaw and Lady Gregory.

Katharine Cornell

The audience may not have felt it was right, and the author may have felt a little upset, but every part I've played I've twisted around in my mind until I've made it into something of my own. Looking back over it, I didn't deliberately sit down and plan like that, but it does read like it.

Katharine Cornell

Actors are as anxious about the state of audiences as aviators are over weather conditions.

Katharine Cornell

A flair for publicity does not necessarily mean a flair for acting.

Katharine Cornell