Quotes ♥ Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (născută Audrey Kathleen Ruston, n. 4 mai 1929 – d. 20 ianuarie 1993) a fost o actriță de film engleză.

S-a născut la Ixelles, o comună din cadrul regiunii Bruxelles în Belgia, unicul copil al lui Joseph Victor Anthony Ruston, un englez, și al celei de a doua soții a acesteia, baronesa Ella van Heemstra, ce provenea dintr-o familie aristocrată olandeză. În 1935 părinții divorțează, iar Audrey urmează o școală de fete din Kent, în Anglia. În 1939, în fața iminenței războiului, se mută împreună cu mama sa la Arnhem, în Olanda, unde Audrey urmează Conservatorul din localitate până în 1945. Suferind de malnutriție în această perioadă, Hepburn a dezvoltat o anemie acută, acompaniată de probleme respiratorii.

La sfârșitul războiului, continuă cursurile de balet la Amsterdam, iar din 1948 la Londra. Pentru a se întreține financiar a lucrat și ca model pentru diverși creatori de modă. Datorită înălțimii sale și a problemelor de sănătate din timpul războiului, a renunțat la balet și s-a dedicat actoriei, o cariera în care putea excela. A jucat într-o serie de spectacole muzicale și a avut o serie de roluri secundare în filme britanice. În timpul unei filmări i se oferă un rol principal într-un spectacol de pe Broadway, unde se face remarcată. Prima sa producție Hollywoodiană este filmul Vacanță la Roma din 1953 unde deține rolul principal, alături de Gregory Peck. Filmul este un succes imens, iar Audrey câștigă Premiul Oscar pentru cea mai bună actriță pentru prestația sa.

Devenită foarte repede unul dintre cele mai apreciate star-uri de la Hollywood, joacă în numeroase filme, dintre care cele mai apreciate sunt Mic dejun la Tiffany și My Fair Lady. După 1967, după separarea de actorul Mel Ferrer cu care fusese căsătorită timp de 14 ani, renunță la a mai juca în producții importante, în următorii ani având doar apariții sporadice. Se căsătorește în 1969 cu psihologul italian Andrea Dotti și se stabilește în Elveția, dar în 1982 divorțează. Hepburn a fost ambasador UNICEF, iar în ultimii ani a călătorit în numeroase țări pentru a ajuta și a sensibiliza opinia publică. În 1993 încetează din viață în urma unui cancer intestinal.

Audrey Hepburn este considerată și în prezent un model de frumusețe și eleganță, fiind de nenumărate ori considerată ca una dintre cele mai frumoase femei din toate timpurile. Imaginea ei este folosită în numeroase campanii publicitare. Stilul îmbrăcăminții ei continuă să fie popular în rândul femeilor și în ziua de azi. Rochia neagră Givenchy din filmul Mic dejun la Tiffany a fost vândută în 2006 cu peste 462.000 £, cel mai mare preț pentru o rochie dintr-un film.

Quotes:

“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says 'I'm possible'!”

“I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.”

“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it's all that matters.”

“I was born with an enormous need for affection, and a terrible need to give it.”

“If I’m honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.”

“Your heart just breaks, that's all. But you can't judge or point fingers. You just have to be lucky enough to find someone who appreciates you.”

“There is more to sex appeal than just measurements. I don't need a bedroom to prove my womanliness. I can convey just as much sex appeal, picking apples off a tree or standing in the rain.”

“The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.”

“The best thing to hold onto in life is each other.”

“You can tell more about a person by what he says about others than you can by what others say about him.”

“I don't want to be alone, I want to be left alone.”

“I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and I believe in miracles”

“Pick the day. Enjoy it - to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come... The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present, and I don't want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future.”

“If I get married, I want to be very married.”

“Let's face it, a nice creamy chocolate cake does a lot for a lot of people; it does for me.”

“The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mole,but true beauty in a Woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she knows.”

“Living is like tearing through a museum. Not until later do you really start absorbing what you saw, thinking about it, looking it up in a book, and remembering - because you can't take it in all at once.”

“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.”

“I'm an introvert...I love being by myself, love being outdoors, love taking a long walk with my dogs and looking at the trees,flowers,the sky.”

“I have to be alone very often. I'd be quite happy if I spent from Saturday night until Monday morning alone in my apartment. That's how I refuel.”

“You can always tell what kind of a person a man really thinks you are by the earrings he gives you.”

“When you have nobody you can make a cup of tea for, when nobody needs you, that's when I think life is over.”

“I heard a definition once: Happiness is health and a short memory! I wish I'd invented it, because it is very true.”

“Why change? Everyone has his own style. When you have found it, you should stick to it.”

“I've been lucky. Opportunities don't often come along. So, when they do, you have to grab them.”

“It's that wonderful old-fashioned idea that others come first and you come second. This was the whole ethic by which I was brought up. Others matter more than you do, so 'don't fuss, dear; get on with it'.”

“I decided, very early on, just to accept life unconditionally; I never expected it to do anything special for me, yet I seemed to accomplish far more than I had ever hoped. Most of the time it just happened to me without my ever seeking it.”

“For attractive lips, speak words of kindness.
For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people.
For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry.
For beautiful hair, let a child run his or her fingers through it once a day.
For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone.
People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed; never throw out anyone.
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of each of your arms.
As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries or the way she combs her hair.
The beauty of a woman must be seen from in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides.
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years.”

“I don’t take my life seriously, but I do take what I do – in my life – seriously -”

“Everything I learned I learned from the movies.”

“Make-up can only make you look pretty on the outside but it doesn't help if your ugly on the inside. Unless you eat the make-up.”

“As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands; one for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

“And the beauty of a woman, with passing years only grows!”

“I believe in manicures. I believe in overdressing. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day, and... I believe in miracles.”

“I believe in colors. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner.I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.”

“If my world were to cave in tomorrow, I would look back on all the pleasures, excitements and worthwhilenesses I have been lucky enough to have had. Not the sadness, not my miscarriages or my father leaving home, but the joy of everything else. It will have been enough.”

“A quality education has the power to transform societies in a single generation, provide children with the protection they need from the hazards of poverty, labor exploitation and disease, and given them the knowledge, skills, and confidence to reach their full potential.”

“I have learnt how to live…how to be in the world and of the world, and not just to stand aside and watch.”

“I tried always to do better: saw always a little further. I tried to stretch myself.”

“On the one hand maybe I’ve remained infantile, while on the other I matured quickly, because at a young age I was very aware of suffering and fear.”

“There are certain shades of limelight that can wreck a girl's complexion.”

“My life isn’t theories and formulae. It’s part instinct, part common sense. Logic is as good a word as any, and I’ve absorbed what logic I have from everything and everyone… from my mother, from training as a ballet dancer, from Vogue magazine, from the laws of life and health and nature.”

“Since the world has existed, there has been injustice. But it is one world, the more so as it becomes smaller, more accessible. There is just no question that there is more obligation that those who have should give to those who have nothing.”

“I'm half-Irish, half-Dutch, and I was born in Belgium. If I was a dog, I'd be in a hell of a mess!”

“For me the only things of interests are those linked to the heart”

“Happy girls are the prettiest”

“I hate girls that giggle all the time...
You hate any girl that David looks at.”

“True friends are families which you can select.”

“I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds is not in my mind. I just do my thing.”

“I have learnt how to live, how to be In the world and Of the world,and not just to stand aside and watch. And I will never never again run away from life. Or from love, either”

“Some people dream of having a big swimming pool. With me, it’s closets”

“There must be something wrong with those people who think Audrey Hepburn doesn’t perspire, hiccup or sneeze, because they know that’s not true. I n fact, I hiccup more than most.”

“You can even say that I hated myself at certain periods. I was too fat, or maybe too tall, or maybe just plain too ugly ... you can say my definiteness stems from underlying feelings of insecurity and inferiority. I couldn't conquer these feelings by acting indecisive. I found the only way to get the better of them was by adopting a forceful, concentrated drive.”

“Anyone who does not believe in miracles is not a realist.”

“I was asked to act when I couldn't act. I was asked to sing 'Funny Face' when I couldn't sing, and dance with Fred Astaire when I couldn't dance - and do all kinds of things I wasn't prepared for. Then I tried like mad to cope with it.”

“Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.”

“There is one difference between a long life & a great dinner; in the dinner, the sweet things come last.”

“My greatest ambition is to have a career without becoming a career woman.”

“Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm ... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.”

“Good things aren't supposed to just fall into your lap. God is very generous, but He expects you to do your part first.”

“We all want to be loved, don't we? Everyone looks for a way of finding love. It's a constant search for affection in every walk of life.”

“I don't want to own anything until I find a place where me and things go together. I'm not sure where that is but I know what it is like. It's like Tiffany's.”

“If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.”