A reporter once asked him, "Who is Cary Grant? He replied: "When you find out, tell me."
A reporter in search of information wired Grant's agent: "HOW OLD CARY GRANT?" Grant happened to read the message himself, and wired back "OLD CARY GRANT FINE. HOW YOU?"
"I have spent the greater part of my life fluctuating between Archie Leach and Cary Grant, unsure of each, suspecting each."
"Everybody wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant."
"My screen persona is a combination of Jack Buchanan, Noel Coward and Rex Harrison. I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be, and, finally, I became that person. Or he became me."
"I improve on misquotation."
"Divorce is a game played by lawyers."
"The only really good thing about acting is that there's no heavy lifting."