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Famous Cary Grant Quotes
“I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.”
“I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.”
“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.”
“Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.”
“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.”
“My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'”
“Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.”
“It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.”
“I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.”
“A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.”
“I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.”
“I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.”
“Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.”
“Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.”
“Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.”
“The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.”
“If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.”
“Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.”
“There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.”
“When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.”
“To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.”
“I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant”
“All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better”