“Life is to be lived. If you have to support yourself, you had bloody well better find some way that is going to be interesting. And you don’t do that by sitting around wondering about yourself.” ~ Katharine Hepburn
I can’t think of an actress I love more than Katharine Hepburn. Even my Ginger, who I adore, is really just an extremely close second — at the end of the day, it’s Kate’s humor, her sharp tongue and frank honesty that wins me over, every time.
Katharine Hepburn brought strength, dignity and intelligence to the image of women on the silver screen; she chose to live her life her own way, refusing to bend to the norms of her time — and refusing to feel ashamed of her choices. She was warm; she could be severe; she was hilarious; she could be vulnerable. Her every character was brought to life by the very same spark she personified every day.
So this is just a quick post to say “Happy 102nd Birthday!,” to honor one of the greatest actresses of the past century, and to say “thanks” for the trailblazing.
