“I do! I don’t remember ever saying it in a movie, but now, every on…”

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“I do! I don’t remember ever saying it in a movie, but now, every once in a while when I’m with friends, I say, ’Judeeee, Judeeee, Judeeee,’ and everyone breaks up. Isn’t that a good imitation of an imitation of an imitator?”

Cary Grant · 1970 · press · Variety

Grant on the catchphrase he never actually said on screen.

'Q & A on Cary Grant,' Variety, 7 January 1970, p.45, answering Hy Gardner.

Source: Variety

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