“When I’m married I want to be single, and when I’m single I want to…” — Cary Grant, 1964

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“When I’m married I want to be single, and when I’m single I want to be married.”

Cary Grant · 1964 · interview · Motion Picture

On the contradictions of his romantic life, spoken between his third and fourth marriages.

'Love – That's All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About,' Motion Picture, June 1964.

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