Cary Grant: Quotes about personality

Cary Grant was British-American film and stage actor. Explore interesting quotes on personality.
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“Also, people seek targets for whatever hurts them, especially their own lack of success. Personally, I regard every knock as a boost.”

Cary Grant

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Context: 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.

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

Cary Grant

As quoted in "Quotable Cary" at American Masters (25 May 2005) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/cary-grant/quotable-cary/618/

“Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. I have spent the greater part of my life fluctuating between Archie Leach and Cary Grant; unsure of either, suspecting each. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.”

Cary Grant

Source: Quoted in "Cary Grant: A Biography" by Marc Eliot