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“That film coincided with the birth of my daughter, and I wanted to stay as close to her as possible.”
Cary Grant · 1981 · press · The Washington Post
Explaining that his retirement in 1966 coincided with Jennifer's birth.
Gary Arnold, "The Kennedy Center Honors", The Washington Post, 6 December 1981, on why Walk, Don't Run became his last film.
On the same subject.
“I’m going out to get some popcorn and pink lemonade. I’ve just seen a three-ring circus.”
Cary Grant as Jerry Warriner · 1937
“I’ll beg, I’ll borrow, I’ll — please, Judge, I’ll sell anything I’ve got until I get going again. And she’ll never go hungry, she’ll never be without clothes, not so long as I’ve got two good hands, so help me!”
Cary Grant as Roger Adams · 1941
“There is too much heavy breathing and shooting going on.”
Cary Grant · 1986
“You mean nothing must interfere with your work? Our marriage must entail no domestic entanglements of any kind.”
Cary Grant as David Huxley · 1938