I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds…

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I never think of myself as an icon. What is in other people's minds… — Audrey Hepburn · Smartyfair

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.

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Everyone called her a star, but she didn't carry that around in her head. She just did her own thing.

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How sure this is: 55% sureLots of sources credit Audrey Hepburn with this, and they agree with each other. The book or the speech it first came from hasn't turned up yet.
What turned up: Attributed; sourced only to How to Be Lovely (Melissa Hellstern, 2005), p. 143 — a posthumous compilation, so held at likely (no lifetime publication located this pass).
Work: collected in How to Be Lovely: The Audrey Hepburn Way of Life (Melissa Hellstern, 2005), p. 143
Occasion: brushing off the idea that she was a living legend of style
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-fable-5, 22 August 2026Wikiquote quotes it from Hellstern's How to Be Lovely (2005), p. 143 — posthumous quote-book compilation class (Ford/Angelou test): not verified-grade evidence. No lifetime interview located this pass (WebFetch-only; search budget exhausted).