Destiny is not necessarily what we get out of life, but rather, what we give.

Everyone tells me I've had such an interesting life, but sometimes I think it's been nothing but stomach disturbances and self-concern.

Comedy holds the greatest risk for an actor, and laughter is the reward.

...and there I suddenly found my articulate self in a dazzling land of smiling, jostling people wearing and not wearing all sorts of costumes and doing all sorts of clever things. And that's when I knew! What other life could there be but that of an actor?

Who is omnipotent or wise enough to decide each new standard of good taste? Or sensitivity?

I acted like Cary Grant for so long that I became Cary Grant

Probably no greater honor can come to any man than the respect of his colleagues.