Cary Grant Quotes

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

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.

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

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

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.

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

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

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

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

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

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

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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