Film Quotes by Cary Grant
285 quotes
Year: 1937
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
Director:
Norman Z. McLeod
[Topper reading annual report of his bank]
Cosmo Topper: Bullion abroad and in transit, thirteen million, two hundred and two thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four dollars and no cents.
George Kerby: No sense.
Cosmo Topper: I just said that, Mr. Kerby.
George Kerby: So did I.
Cosmo Topper: Bullion abroad and in transit, thirteen million, two hundred and two thousand, eight hundred and fifty-four dollars and no cents.
George Kerby: No sense.
Cosmo Topper: I just said that, Mr. Kerby.
George Kerby: So did I.
--
Cary Grant
(as George Kerby)
in
Topper
(1937)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Aunt Martha:
For a gallon of elderberry wine, I take one teaspoon full of arsenic, then add half a teaspoon full of strychnine, and then just a pinch of cyanide.
Mortimer Brewster: Hmm. Should have quite a kick.
Mortimer Brewster: Hmm. Should have quite a kick.
--
Cary Grant
(as Mortimer Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1947
Director:
Irving Reis
Director:
Irving Reis
Waiter at Tick Tock Club:
[to Nugent after he has been yelled at, insulted, slapped, had champagne tossed in his face and been stuck with the check]
Can I get you anything else, sir?
Richard Nugent: For instance?
[to Nugent after he has been yelled at, insulted, slapped, had champagne tossed in his face and been stuck with the check]
Can I get you anything else, sir?
Richard Nugent: For instance?
--
Cary Grant
(as Dick)
in
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Aunt Abby Brewster:
Just the thought of Jonathan frightens me. Do you remember how he used to cut worms in two with his teeth?
Mortimer Brewster: Oh, Jonathan? He's probably in prison or hanged or something by now.
Mortimer Brewster: Oh, Jonathan? He's probably in prison or hanged or something by now.
--
Cary Grant
(as Mortimer Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Martha Brewster:
[about the men they have poisoned] Let me see, now. This is eleven, isn't it, Abby?
Abby Brewster: Oh, no, dear. This makes twelve.
Martha Brewster: Abby, dear. I think you're wrong. This one is only eleven.
Abby Brewster: No, dear, because I remember when Mr. Hoskins first came in, it occurred to me that he'd make just an even dozen.
Martha Brewster: But, Abby, dear. I really don't think you should count the first one.
Abby Brewster: Oh, I was counting the first one, and that makes it twelve.
Martha Brewster: It does? Well, she's probably right. Abby usually is. I get them mixed up sometimes.
Mortimer Brewster: Makes it twelve? Twelve.
Abby Brewster: Oh, no, dear. This makes twelve.
Martha Brewster: Abby, dear. I think you're wrong. This one is only eleven.
Abby Brewster: No, dear, because I remember when Mr. Hoskins first came in, it occurred to me that he'd make just an even dozen.
Martha Brewster: But, Abby, dear. I really don't think you should count the first one.
Abby Brewster: Oh, I was counting the first one, and that makes it twelve.
Martha Brewster: It does? Well, she's probably right. Abby usually is. I get them mixed up sometimes.
Mortimer Brewster: Makes it twelve? Twelve.
--
Cary Grant
(as Mortimer Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1944
Director:
Frank Capra
Director:
Frank Capra
Elaine Harper:
[Mortimer is feeling amorous in the cemetery with Elaine] Mortimer! Right out here in the open with everyone looking?
Mortimer Brewster: Yes, right out here in the open with everyone looking. Let everyone in Brooklyn over sixteen look!
Mortimer Brewster: Yes, right out here in the open with everyone looking. Let everyone in Brooklyn over sixteen look!
--
Cary Grant
(as Mortimer Brewster)
in
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Year: 1947
Director:
Irving Reis
Director:
Irving Reis
Susan:
Have you ever married?
Richard Nugent: No.
Susan: Have you ever been in love?
Richard Nugent: Yes I have. Tell me what kind of paper does this school run?
Susan: Oh, all the students read it.
Richard Nugent: I'll bet they do.
Richard Nugent: No.
Susan: Have you ever been in love?
Richard Nugent: Yes I have. Tell me what kind of paper does this school run?
Susan: Oh, all the students read it.
Richard Nugent: I'll bet they do.
--
Cary Grant
(as Dick)
in
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Year: 1947
Director:
Irving Reis
Director:
Irving Reis
Susan:
Well, my attitude is that one female judge in the family is enough.
Richard Nugent: Did you say that your name was Turner?
Susan: That's right! My sister is Judge Margaret Turner.
Richard Nugent: Nice to have met the family, bye.
Richard Nugent: Did you say that your name was Turner?
Susan: That's right! My sister is Judge Margaret Turner.
Richard Nugent: Nice to have met the family, bye.
--
Cary Grant
(as Dick)
in
The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer
(1947)
Year: 1959
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
Director:
Alfred Hitchcock
The Professor:
If I thought there was any chance of changing your mind, I'd talk about Miss Kendall, of whom you so obviously disapprove.
Roger Thornhill: Yes, for using sex like some people use a flyswatter.
Roger Thornhill: Yes, for using sex like some people use a flyswatter.
--
Cary Grant
(as Roger O. Thornhill)
in
North by Northwest
(1959)
Year: 1940
Director:
George Cukor
Director:
George Cukor
C. K. Dexter Haven:
I'm sorry, but I thought I better hit you before he did. He's in better shape than I am.
--
Cary Grant
(as C.K. Dexter Haven)
in
The Philadelphia Story
(1940)