I improve on misquotation.

I improve in misquotation.

Divorce is a game played by lawyers.

I was a fat-headed guy, full of pain.

Dying's tough - but not as tough as comedy.

I can't bear to hear a woman talk baby talk.

Sometimes angels rush in where fools fear to tread.

Insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.

I think that making love is the best form of exercise.

We should all just smell well and enjoy ourselves more.

I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant

Simplicity, to me, has always been the essence of good taste.

Do your job and demand your compensation - but in that order.

Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.

There must be something between us, even if it's only an ocean.

It's better to buy one good pair of shoes than four cheap ones.

I'm a fatheaded guy, full of pain. It tore me up not having you.

It takes 500 small details to add up to one favorable impression.

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

A shot of brandy can save your life, but a bottle of brandy can kill you.

Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

When I'm married I want to be single, and when I'm single I want to be married.

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.

I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.

When people tell you how young you look, they are also telling you how old you are.

Ah, beware of snobbery; it is the unwelcome recognition of one's own past failings.

The only really good thing about acting in movies is that there's no heavy lifting.

My father used to say, 'Let them see you and not the suit. That should be secondary.'

I began by acting like the person I wanted to be, and eventually I became that person.

All it takes are a few simple outfits. And there's one secret - The Simpler The Better

I'd like to have made one of those big splashy Technicolor musicals with Rita Hayworth.

To succeed with the opposite sex, tell her you're impotent. She can't wait to disprove it.

Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity?

I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.

I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.

If you want to be an actor, my advice is to learn your lines and don't bump into the other actors.

There's no point in being unhappy about growing older. Just think of the millions who have been denied the privilege.

We have our factory, which is called a stage. We make a product, we color it, we title it and we ship it out in cans.

I've often been accused by critics of being myself on-screen. But being oneself is more difficult than you'd suppose.

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.

My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.

Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.

One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one's own style

You know I have about the same interest in jewelry as I have in politics, horse racing, modern poetry, and women who need weird excitement – none.

I have no plans to write an autobiography, I will leave that to others. I'm sure they will turn me into a homosexual or a Nazi spy or something else.

To write an autobiography, you've got to expose other people. I hope to get out of this world as gracefully as possible, without embarrassing anyone.

It is the law of life that if you are kind to someone you feel happy. If you arecruel you are unhappy. And if you hurt someone, you will be hurt back.

Nature eventually has her own way, so perhaps the best procedure is to accept what old Mother Nature or God, if you will, dictates. Accept it and you'll get along better.

There are only seven movie stars in the world whose name alone will induce American bankers to lend money for movie productions, and the only woman on the list is Ingrid Bergman.

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