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It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you are cruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.
My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between times, I occupy myself as best I can.
And no one believes the explanation anyway.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.
God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.
The film I most cared about was a flop. None But the Lonely Heart was the only time I played a character very near myself, a man unsure of himself, a drifter, a rake.
Don’t go to extremes. Don’t hate too much and don’t love too much. Try to live somewhere in the middle.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.
When I’m married I want to be single, and when I’m single I want to be married.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Another thing I had to cure myself of was the desire for adulation, and the approbation of my fellow man.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
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?
I’m prepared. I have a gun and I know how to shoot, and whoever comes calling without an invitation will get it in the rear end.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Now I know how it can change, just like that. They can be applauding you one moment, and booing you the next. The thing to know is that you have done a good job, then it doesn’t hurt to be criticized.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.
Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature. You have the power within you to be thin or fat, as you desire. … God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
It always amazes me that those who fight for the luxuries of life, are the first to resent those who have them. Also, people seek targets for whatever hurts them, especially their own lack of success. Personally, I regard every knock as a boost.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
You must learn to live within yourself … You must establish the values by which you live. You must first recognize the need, and if it is right you will be amazed at how things will open up.
Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
I often think my life has been a failure. But whenever I drop into a theater and hear women laugh at one of my films, I think, well, if I brightened their day before they went home and did the dishes, maybe my life wasn't wasted, after all.