Cary Grant Quotes

I stopped acting when I was about nineteen, twenty, when I got thrown out of college. I did act for about ten years. I don't know. I suspect I'm still a reasonably good actor, but I don't really know that I want to get on the stage again ... and having to say all those boring words by me over and over again ... I don't know if I want to do that. Also, I like a certain amount of freedom of movement, and if you're acting, you're stuck in one place for a long time. Having said that, I will probably be onstage next fall.

I have lived my whole life on the stage and screen before you. I found purpose and meaning in your response.

I don't even want to think of myself as an actor because it's such an insecure place to go.

My path was to be an actor and it’s been very good to me in life. It’s broadened my horizons and given me a lot of gifts.

I am in the theatrical profession myself, my wife is in the theatrical profession, my children are in the theatrical profession.I had a dog that lived and died in it from a puppy; and my chaise-pony goes on, in Timour the Tartar.

I grew up with it. As a young actor, I was always aware of the brilliant work of Shakespeare. We studied Romeo & Juliet and Macbeth in school. As a young actor, you're always mystified and intrigued by such brilliant work. To actually have the chance to be involved in this production was a wonderful thing for me.

I do some acting. And there's a difference between "I do some acting" and "I'm an actor."

Music will always be a part of my life, but career-wise, acting is where my heart is.

I wanted at one point to act, which is a weird thing for men to want to do. It's a very vain profession.

I was the youngest of five, and I think my mother always knew I was meant to be an actress.

I played St. Jimmy on Broadway I sort of caught the acting bug. But I didn't want to go full-bore into it because I have a lot to learn.

Acting was a way out at first. A way out of not knowing what to do, a way of focusing ambitions. And the ambition wasn't for fame. The ambition was to do an interesting job.

Normally when people ask me what I do I say I'm an actor, and that's what I always wanted to be and that's the way I approach work even when I'm directing it.

I'd wanted to be [an actress] all my life.

I think I became an actor because I couldn't sing.

I never wanted to be an actor. My dad was an actor, and he never brought joy home, so I didn't view it as something that I would want to do.

I can't remember a time when I wasn't acting, so I can't imagine what I would do if I stopped now.

If I had to pick one form of acting, it would be live theater. That's where I started; that's where I became a man, I think I'm still finishing up that job.

I truly love being an actor. I love it with all my heart and soul, and I hope that I get to do it for a very long time.

I love acting, but I don't know if I'll ever get used to it.

From the time I was twelve I was dancing for bread and butter, but in my heart I was always an actress.

When you're a drama student, I think the most you hope for is to make a living out of acting.

I got into acting because I wanted to act and I love acting. That's my true north: to be creative and to be challenged in what I love to do.

When I was a kid, I wanted to be an actor. I was acting in all the school plays. I went to school for acting. I was really sure that that's what I wanted to do.

I never intended to be on television or in a movie. The theater was all I ever dreamed about, once I decided to try to make it as a business profession. All this other stuff has just been icing.