Audrey Hepburn Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”

“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.”

“I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.”

“I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!”

“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.”

“It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it.'”

“I never thought I'd land in pictures with a face like mine.”

“I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.”

“I probably hold the distinction of being one movie star who, by all laws of logic, should never have made it. At each stage of my career, I lacked the experience.”

“I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.”