"I have made almost every dumb mistake there is. I sit here and talk a lot about mistakes, and I don't want you to think I'm perfect or wise: I have been very stupid. I'm just willing to say this, and I'm brash enough to point out to other people when they're heading into a bad patch in which I once thought I was very clever or useful. How many times have I told you how stupid you were being? A lot. Well, that's true, and you've been stupid. So have I. But what the hell are we here for if not to help each other to see the way? You can always ignore me. Anyone can ignore me. But that would be stupid, because I got out and moved on."--Katharine Hepburn/Interview with James Grissom/1990
Photograph of Katharine Hepburn on the set of "The African Queen," via Popperfoto/Getty Images.