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
Play, Like, Sundance, Schoolteacher
I don't want to be a big movie star.
- Katharine Ross
Star, Big, Movie, Big Movie
I'm stubborn, which is not necessarily admirable.
- Katharine Ross
Stubborn, Which, Necessarily, Admirable
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
Want, Like, Including, OK
I made four pictures before 'The Graduate,' and nothing ever happened. And after that - wow!
- Katharine Ross
Made, Before, Ever, Wow
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
How, Pretty, Answer, Embarrassing
I'm bored. I'm bored with the kind of parts I get offered. I can do more.
- Katharine Ross
Kind, More, Offered, Bored
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
Handsome, Always, Very, Stuck
The hell with the aging process. It happens to everyone - you just keep your mind active, you keep physically active.
- Katharine Ross
Mind, Process, Physically, Aging
I always play what I call The Girl. The nice straight character. Sincere. Usually the victim. I'm put upon. I suffer.
- Katharine Ross
Girl, Play, Always, Victim
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
Think, Happen, Instance, Beautiful Girl
Funny thing, as you become famous, people write less nice things about you.
- Katharine Ross
Famous, Funny Thing, About, Nice Things
I have been fascinated with survival and having to go on no matter what. That always appealed to me.
- Katharine Ross
Always, Been, Having, Appealed
Age is so immaterial. Isn't this all just the blink of an eyelash?
- Katharine Ross
Age, Just, Immaterial, Blink
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
Will, Next, Favorite Part, Current
When you hit 40, you suddenly find that they are looking at younger actresses.
- Katharine Ross
Find, Hit, Younger, Suddenly
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
Director, Like, Richard, Brooks
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
Famous, Like, Becoming, Hardest Thing
I study things like the life cycle of the worm.
- Katharine Ross
Study, Like, Things, Worm
When I first came to Hollywood, I couldn't afford a telephone.
- Katharine Ross
Hollywood, Afford, Came, Telephone
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
Mind, Rest, My Life, Lasts
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