“You know, I’m too old for this sort of evening.” — Cary Grant as Philip Adams in Indiscreet (1958)

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“You know, I’m too old for this sort of evening.”

Cary Grant as Philip Adams · 1958 · film · Indiscreet (1958)

Adams, at the end of a long night of romantic manoeuvre.

Spoken as Philip Adams in Indiscreet (1958).

Indiscreet →wit elegance

On the same subject.

“On The Awful Truth we just clicked. She’d been a weepie star and comedy was strange to her... She was the sweetest smelling of my leading ladies and such a lady.”
Cary Grant · 1980
“You see, when a girl is under 21, she’s protected by law. When she’s over 65, she’s protected by nature. Anywhere in between, she’s fair game! Look out!”
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“It took time to be accepted; it almost took twenty years until I got to be like a well-advertised brand of tea. Housewives bought that kind rather than take a chance on a brand they are not familiar with.”
Cary Grant · 1961
“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