Top 30 Quotes & Sayings by Katharine Ross

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Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Katharine Juliet Ross is an American film, stage, and television actress. Her accolades include one Academy Award nomination, one BAFTA Award, and two Golden Globe Awards. A native of Los Angeles, Ross spent most of her early life in the San Francisco Bay Area. After attending Santa Rosa Junior College for one year, Ross joined The Actors Workshop in San Francisco, and began appearing in theatrical productions.

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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.

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.

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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.

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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.

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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.'

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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.

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

I'm stubborn, which is not necessarily admirable.

Katharine Ross

Marriage is not different from a relationship.

Katharine Ross

I study things like the life cycle of the worm.

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

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.

Katharine Ross

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

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

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

Katharine Ross

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

Katharine Ross

Time is man made - No woman would have ever invented time.

Katharine Ross

If the sky were to suddenly open up, there would be no law, there would be no rule. There would be only you and your memories, the choices you've made and the people you've touched.

Katharine Ross

After rehearsals or a performance, you're wired and tired and it takes a while to calm down.

Katharine Ross

One of an actor's fears is that your current project could be your last project.

Katharine Ross