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Cary Grant
18 quotes
“I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Cary Grant is puzzled because you have No Time for Laughs" by Robert Ottaway in Picturegoer magazine;; (4 January 1958)
“I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1958 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "Cary Grant is puzzled because you have No Time for Laughs" by Robert Ottaway in Picturegoer magazine (4 January 1958)
“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. I have spent the greater part of my life fluctuating between Archie Leach and Cary Grant; unsure of either, suspecting each. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I often think my life has been a failure. But whenever I drop into a theater and hear women laugh at one of my films, I think, well, if I brightened their day before they went home and did the dishes, maybe my life wasn't wasted, after all.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1969 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in "They Changed Their Careers and Became Famous; Cary a Failure?" by Jack Harrison Pollack, Parade (November 16, 1969), p. 7; and The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1978) by , p.229
“I do! I don't remember ever saying it in a movie, but now, every once in a while when I'm with friends, I say, "Judeeee, Judeeee, Judeeee," and everyone breaks up. Isn't that a good imitation of an imitation of an imitator?”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: In response to interviewer Hy Gardner's query as to which impressionist did the best version of that signature catch-phrase; in "Q & A on Cary Grant", Variety (January 7, 1970), p. 45
“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between times, I occupy myself as best I can.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 1978 interview with , "Cary Grant: Doing What Comes naturally," Los Angeles Times (June 11, 1978), p. 39; as quoted in "Quotable Cary" at American Masters (25 May 2005)
“The film I most cared about was a flop. None But the Lonely Heart was the only time I played a character very near myself, a man unsure of himself, a drifter, a rake.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Evidently from the same 1980 James Bawden interview; as quoted in "Cary Grant's Star Never Lost its Glow" by Bawden, Toronto Star (December 1, 1986), p. D1
“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.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature. You have the power within you to be thin or fat, as you desire. … God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Don’t go to extremes. Don’t hate too much and don’t love too much. Try to live somewhere in the middle. Hate destroys the hater. And if you love too much you get too involved and you cannot see too clearly. Love and hate are like night and day. They do exist together and you must accept them both, but you must also understand them and be in control of both emotions. It is peaceful in the middle. You won’t be hurt in the middle.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Anyone can do well … It’s all out there waiting for you to take. But first you must reach out and get it. You must work for your riches. You cannot expect it to fall into your lap.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You must learn to live within yourself … You must establish the values by which you live. You must first recognize the need, and if it is right you will be amazed at how things will open up.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When I’m married I want to be single, and when I’m single I want to be married.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining. Elsie Mendl was a great friend of mine for many, many years. And I remember the creed by which she lived: Never complain, never explain. Just think of the people you know who are always explaining their mistakes. It merely rubs the whole thing in. You’re reminded again of the mistake. And no one believes the explanation anyway.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It always amazes me that those who fight for the luxuries of life, are the first to resent those who have them. Also, people seek targets for whatever hurts them, especially their own lack of success. Personally, I regard every knock as a boost.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“On The Awful Truth we just clicked. She'd been a weepie star and comedy was strange to her. She'd do a bit and whisper to me, "Funny?" She was the sweetest smelling of my leading ladies and such a lady. If one of the crew cussed, she'd blush. She claims she was out shopping at Bullocks for a present for her husband and the saleslady said, "I don't think Mr. Grant would like that." In the minds of the public, we were married. Reunions became impossible because we both liked first billing. It's ladies first in rowboats but not in movies, I'm afraid. But I still see her at the races and she still smells wonderful, although it's not .”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) first seen 1980 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Irene Dunne, in a 1980 interview/profile by James Bawden in ; as quoted in Conversations with Classic Film Stars (2016) by Bawden and Ron Miller, p. 123
“I used to hide behind the façade that was Cary Grant … I didn’t know if I were Archie Leach, or Cary Grant, and I wasn’t taking any chances. … Another thing I had to cure myself of was the desire for adulation, and the approbation of my fellow man. It started when I was a small boy and played football at school. If I did well they cheered me. If I fumbled I was booed. It became very important to me to be liked. It’s the same in the theater, the applause and the laughter give you courage and the excitement to go on. I thought it was absolutely necessary in order to be happy. Now I know how it can change, just like that. They can be applauding you one moment, and booing you the next. The thing to know is that you have done a good job, then it doesn’t hurt to be criticized. My press agent was very indignant over something written about me not too long ago. “Look,” I told him. “I’ve known this character for many years, and the faults he sees in me are really the faults in himself that he hates.”
Cary Grant (1904–1986) said by 1986 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source