"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.”"
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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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