“A lack of artifice. I don’t like a lot of make-up or a lot of perfu…”

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“A lack of artifice. I don’t like a lot of make-up or a lot of perfume. If someone wears a lot of make-up, it shows me that they’re not happy with their features — it shows their insecurity.”

Cary Grant · 1986 · speech · Films in Review

Answering an audience question about what he found attractive.

Maeve Druesne, "Mr. Grant Comes to Town", Films in Review, January 1987, reporting his stage evening at Red Bank, New Jersey.

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