“I’ve been called cheap so often I no longer wince at the word.” — Cary Grant

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“I’ve been called cheap so often I no longer wince at the word.”

Cary Grant · interview

On decades of stories about his thrift.

Frequently cited reply to press claims of stinginess; the original dated publication has not been established.

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