Cary Grant citáty

Cary Grant, vlastním jménem Archibald Alexander Leach byl anglo-americký herec, jedna z nejmilovanějších a nejpopulárnějších mužských hollywoodských hereckých hvězd své doby.

Pocházel z velmi chudých poměrů, jeho otec byl krejčí. Již ve 13 letech věku odešel z domova a přidal se k toulavým artistům a jako artista se také posléze i živil. S jejich skupinou procestoval celou Evropu. V roce 1920 se tato skupina vydala na turné do USA, on se rozhodl v USA zůstat a skupinu opustil. V Americe se zkoušel uživit, ale nešlo mu to, proto se vrátil zpět do Anglie, kde začínal jakožto herecký kandrdast na divadle. Zde začal vystupovat i v muzikálech, s muzikálem Zlaté štěstí posléze vystupoval i na newyorské Broadwayi. Opět se rozhodl zůstat v USA, aby později účinkoval v místních muzikálech a operetách.

V roce 1932 se zkoušel uchytit u filmu v Hollywoodu a měl štěstí, že v té době společnost Paramount sháněla ekvivalentní náhradu za Gary Coopera a on typově jejich představě vyhovoval. V roce 1932 debutoval u filmu ve snímku To je noc. Jeho veleúspěšná filmová kariéra byla odstartována.

✵ 18. leden 1904 – 29. listopad 1986
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Cary Grant citáty a výroky

„Myslím, že je to úžasný příběh, protože jsme už natočili první třetinu filmu, odehrává se tam spousta věcí a já vůbec nechápu, o co jde.“

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Zdroj: [Nejslavnější špionážní thrillery, realfilm.cz, 2011-03-19, 2011-03-23, http://magazin.realfilm.cz/2011/03/nejslavnejsi-spionazni-thrillery-2/]

Cary Grant: Citáty anglicky

“Now I know how it can change, just like that. They can be applauding you one moment, and booing you the next. The thing to know is that you have done a good job, then it doesn’t hurt to be criticized.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: I used to hide behind the façade that was Cary Grant … I didn’t know if I were Archie Leach, or Cary Grant, and I wasn’t taking any chances. … Another thing I had to cure myself of was the desire for adulation, and the approbation of my fellow man. It started when I was a small boy and played football at school. If I did well they cheered me. If I fumbled I was booed. It became very important to me to be liked. It’s the same in the theater, the applause and the laughter give you courage and the excitement to go on. I thought it was absolutely necessary in order to be happy. Now I know how it can change, just like that. They can be applauding you one moment, and booing you the next. The thing to know is that you have done a good job, then it doesn’t hurt to be criticized. My press agent was very indignant over something written about me not too long ago. “Look,” I told him. “I’ve known this character for many years, and the faults he sees in me are really the faults in himself that he hates.”

“Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature. You have the power within you to be thin or fat, as you desire. … God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.

“Don’t go to extremes. Don’t hate too much and don’t love too much. Try to live somewhere in the middle.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: Don’t go to extremes. Don’t hate too much and don’t love too much. Try to live somewhere in the middle. Hate destroys the hater. And if you love too much you get too involved and you cannot see too clearly. Love and hate are like night and day. They do exist together and you must accept them both, but you must also understand them and be in control of both emotions. It is peaceful in the middle. You won’t be hurt in the middle.

“Also, people seek targets for whatever hurts them, especially their own lack of success. Personally, I regard every knock as a boost.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: It always amazes me that those who fight for the luxuries of life, are the first to resent those who have them. Also, people seek targets for whatever hurts them, especially their own lack of success. Personally, I regard every knock as a boost.

“God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: Do not blame others for your own mistakes. … YOU are Mother Nature. You have the power within you to be thin or fat, as you desire. … God is within you, and you can do and have anything you want. You must love yourself more. … and then … you can love your fellow man.

“I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining.  Elsie Mendl was a great friend of mine for many, many years. And I remember the creed by which she lived: Never complain, never explain. Just think of the people you know who are always explaining their mistakes. It merely rubs the whole thing in. You’re reminded again of the mistake. And no one believes the explanation anyway.

“Another thing I had to cure myself of was the desire for adulation, and the approbation of my fellow man.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: I used to hide behind the façade that was Cary Grant … I didn’t know if I were Archie Leach, or Cary Grant, and I wasn’t taking any chances. … Another thing I had to cure myself of was the desire for adulation, and the approbation of my fellow man. It started when I was a small boy and played football at school. If I did well they cheered me. If I fumbled I was booed. It became very important to me to be liked. It’s the same in the theater, the applause and the laughter give you courage and the excitement to go on. I thought it was absolutely necessary in order to be happy. Now I know how it can change, just like that. They can be applauding you one moment, and booing you the next. The thing to know is that you have done a good job, then it doesn’t hurt to be criticized. My press agent was very indignant over something written about me not too long ago. “Look,” I told him. “I’ve known this character for many years, and the faults he sees in me are really the faults in himself that he hates.”

“And no one believes the explanation anyway.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)
Kontext: I never dwell on past mistakes… There is too much to plan for the future to waste time complaining.  Elsie Mendl was a great friend of mine for many, many years. And I remember the creed by which she lived: Never complain, never explain. Just think of the people you know who are always explaining their mistakes. It merely rubs the whole thing in. You’re reminded again of the mistake. And no one believes the explanation anyway.

“My formula for living is quite simple. I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night. In between, I occupy myself as best I can.”

As quoted in "Quotable Cary" at American Masters (25 May 2005)
Zdroj: https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33680672/the-los-angeles-times/ "Cary Grant: Doing What Comes naturally,"

“Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant.”

As quoted in "Even I want to be Cary Grant" by John Preston in The Telegraph (6 March 2005)]

“I pretended to be somebody I wanted to be until finally I became that person. Or he became me.”

As quoted in "Quotable Cary" at American Masters (25 May 2005) http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/cary-grant/quotable-cary/618/

“When I’m married I want to be single, and when I’m single I want to be married.”

Love – That’s All Cary Grant Ever Thinks About (1964)

“I really am a happy, amusing fellow at heart. Trouble is I seem the only one left.”

As quoted in "Cary Grant is puzzled because you have No Time for Laughs" by Robert Ottaway in Picturegoer magazine (4 January 1958)

“I suppose you might call me the sophisticated type. I like to act with dialogue. Not with grunts.”

As quoted in "Cary Grant is puzzled because you have No Time for Laughs" by Robert Ottaway in Picturegoer magazine;; (4 January 1958) http://freespace.virgin.net/donna.moore/Cary_grant_articles5.htm

“I often think my life has been a failure. But whenever I drop into a theater and hear women laugh at one of my films, I think, well, if I brightened their day before they went home and did the dishes, maybe my life wasn't wasted, after all.”

Zdroj: As quoted in "They Changed Their Careers and Became Famous; Cary a Failure?" https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87358421/the-boston-globe/ by Jack Harrison Pollack, Parade (November 16, 1969), p. 7; and The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1978) by Leslie Halliwell, p.229

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