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“I don’t think any actor ever really knows what he is doing. He only knows what he is trying to do.”
On the same subject.
“I still want to go on making pictures until I’m dead . . . or longer.”
Cary Grant · 1961
“I received only a sketchy education by most scholastic standards, lacked confidence and the courage to enjoy life, but on the screen seem to have successfully epitomized an informed, capable and happy man. A series of contradictions too evident to be coincidental.”
Cary Grant · 1963
“I’ve had a lot of fine offers, but I’m cautious. I’d rather make one good picture a year than three indifferent ones.”
Cary Grant · 1937
“I learned everything from Mae West - well not quite everything, but almost everything. She knew so much. Her instinct was so true, her timing was perfect, her grasp of situations so right.”
Cary Grant · 1961