Brought out by the fact that after some praise for his acting from a speaker at a star-spangled function he muttered "I wish that I were Cary Grant" to which his neighbour added "I wish that I were Laurence Olivier".marcelo wrote:Maria Costantinno (Men’s Fashion in the Twentieth Century: From Frock Coats to Intelligent Fibres, p. 58), also mentions the following sentence by Cary Grant:
“An impeccable dresser both on and off screen, Grant is reputed to have quipped about his film roles: ‘I play only myself, but I play it to perfection.’”
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