"Clark Gable is an intensely realistic sexual presence; you don’t fool around with Gable. But with Grant there are no pressures, no demands; he’s the sky that women aspire to. When he and a woman are together, they can laugh at each other and at themselves. He's a slapstick Prince Charming. [. . .] Although Grant is a perfectionist on the set, some of his directors say that he wrecks certain scenes because he won’t do fully articulated passages of dialogue. He wants always to be searching for how he feels; he wants to waffle charmingly. This may be a pain to a scenarist or a director, but in his own terms Grant knows what he’s doing. He's the greatest sexual stooge the screen has ever known; his side steps and delighted stares turn his co-stars into comic goddesses. Nobody else has ever been able to do that."
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Pauline Kael, "Profiles: The Man From Dream City," The New Yorker (July 14, 1975), pp. 41, 65; quoted—as "He's the greatest sexual stooge the screen has ever known; his side steps and delighted stares turn his co-stars into comic goddesses. He's a slapstick Prince Charming."—in The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes by Leslie Halliwell (1978), p. 257
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Cary Grant
Cary Grant (18 January 1904 – 29 November 1986), born Archibald Alexander Leach, was an English - American stage and Hollywood film actor who became an American citizen in 1942. Performing with a Mid-Atlantic accent, he is remembered as a debonair and handsome leading man capable of being witty and charming. He was named the second Greatest Male Star in the AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars list by the American Film Institute.
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