Quotes from Cary Grant

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.

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

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

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.

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.

I improve on misquotation.

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

My formula for life is very simple: in the morning, wake up; at night, go to sleep. In between I try and occupy myself as best I can.

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