“I made four pictures before 'The Graduate,' and nothing ever happened....” — Katharine Ross Quote

“I made four pictures before 'The Graduate,' and nothing ever happened. And after that - wow!”

“I study things like the life cycle of the worm.”

“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.'”

“Michigan has such grandiosity. It has all those all-Americans. You can't go anywhere without finding a Michigan graduate.”

“'The Graduate' should have won best picture over 'In the Heat of the Night.'”

“When I finished graduate school, I had a master's of fine arts from a prestigious institution, a manuscript that would eventually become my first published book - and almost no marketable skills.”