Katharine Cornell Quotes

#1. 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

#2. An actress' best friend is a body which responds instinctively to thought.

Katharine Cornell

#3. 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

#4. 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

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

Katharine Cornell

#6. 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

#7. Authentic stardom ... is a gift which, if it is to have any permanent significance, must be bestowed by a public rather than a manager.

Katharine Cornell

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

Katharine Cornell