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.

In this remark Hepburn frames solitude not as loneliness but as maintenance: time alone is the way she “refuels,” restoring emotional and mental energy after the demands of public life. The specificity of the weekend—from Saturday night to Monday morning—suggests a deliberate boundary against constant social and professional access, especially relevant for a globally recognized film star whose work required continual performance, travel, and scrutiny. The quote also subtly challenges the assumption that charisma and fame imply extroversion; Hepburn presents privacy as a prerequisite for being able to give warmth and attention to others. It reads as an early, plainspoken articulation of what is now often described as introversion or the need for recovery time.