Top 56 Quotes & Sayings by Cary Grant

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Cary Grant.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Cary Grant was an English-American actor. Known for his transatlantic accent, debonair demeanor, light-hearted approach to acting, and sense of comic timing, he was one of classic Hollywood's definitive leading men from the 1930s until the mid-1960s.

American - Actor | January 18, 1904 - November 29, 1986

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Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

Cary Grant

My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

Cary Grant

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

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My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

Cary Grant

I think that making love is the best form of exercise.

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Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

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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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Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

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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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Divorce is a game played by lawyers.

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I improve on misquotation.

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When people tell you how young you look, they are telling you how old you are.

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Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

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It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

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It`s important to know where you`ve come from so that you can know where you`re going. I probably chose my profession because I was seeking approval, adulation, admiration and affection.

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Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity?

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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 suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.

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I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.

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A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.

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You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.

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I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant

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When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married.

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Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

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To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

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I'd like to have made one of those big splashy Technicolor musicals with Rita Hayworth.

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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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All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

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Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

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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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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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I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

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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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I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else.

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If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

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Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy.

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Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you'll get along better.

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Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

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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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We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

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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.

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The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

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I was a fat-headed guy, full of pain.

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There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.

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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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I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.

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There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.

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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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I can't bear to hear a woman talk baby talk.

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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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It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.

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I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

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I improve in misquotation.

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Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.