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“I could see no reason to go on. I’d had enough. I wanted to see my daughter grow up.”
Cary Grant · 1966 · interview
On retiring from film after Walk, Don't Run, following the birth of Jennifer Grant.
On the same subject.
“I did quit once for 18 months. I can’t say I was bored, never have been. But I just wasn’t as interested in life. During my retirement I had the time to indulge in some long, long thoughts about myself, my work, my marriages. Did I find any answers? I don’t know.”
Cary Grant · 1961
“I want to know how I stand, where I fit into the picture, what it’s all going to mean to me. I can’t find that out sitting behind some desk in an office, so as soon as I get enough money together, I’m gonna knock off for a while.”
Cary Grant as Johnny Case · 1938
“There is too much heavy breathing and shooting going on.”
Cary Grant · 1986
“I do it because I enjoy it. That’s reason enough, isn’t it?”
Cary Grant · 1986