Cary Grant Quotes
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Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.
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One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style.
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I improve on misquotation.
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I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.
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Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. Let me expand a bit. I sense that you may feel that I am free of problems. Let me assure you that I have the same anxieties and insecurities as anyone in this auditorium - maybe more.
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Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.
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When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.
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My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'
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There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.
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Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.
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Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.
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We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in cans.
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I'm prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end.
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Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.
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I am reminded of a piece of advice my father gave me regarding shoes. ...He said it is better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones. One pair made of fine leather could outlast four inferior pairs and, if well-cared-for, would continue to proclaim your good judgment and taste no matter how old they become.
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...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew! What other life could there be but that of an actor?
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It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.
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I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.
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Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.
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A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.
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To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.
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I was a self – centered bore. I was masochistic, and only thought I was happy. When I woke up and said, "there must be something wrong with me", I grew up. Because I never understood myself, how could I hope to understand anyone else? That's why I can truly say that now I can give a woman love for the first time in my life, because I can understand her.
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There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.
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I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.