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
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.
I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.
I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer.
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.
I'm bored. I'm bored with the kind of parts I get offered. I can do more.
I study things like the life cycle of the worm.
In 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,' I play a schoolteacher who is older than I am in life - and I like that.
Marriage is not different from a relationship.
I made four pictures before 'The Graduate,' and nothing ever happened. And after that - wow!
When I first came to Hollywood, I couldn't afford a telephone.
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'm stubborn, which is not necessarily admirable.
Marriage has nothing to do with feelings; it just gives children a name.
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 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 find it embarrassing and disgusting to ask to do a part and be told I'm too pretty. How can I answer that?
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.
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.'
Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you.
You have to know what you want out of your work or out of your life.
Age is so immaterial. Isn't this all just the blink of an eyelash?
The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active.
When you hit 40, you suddenly find that they are looking at younger actresses.
Part of being an actor is never knowing where your next part is coming from.
