Dad was synonymous with his charm and wit and grace, and it was sort of the perfect way to go for him.

I remember going on carriage rides with Dad when we'd visit. I think quiet L.A. suited him better, but he loved to see shows here, he loved to visit his friends in the Hamptons.

Shoot for the moon. If you miss, shoot again.

I have a lot of favorite films. I tend to love the silliness of 'Bringing Up Baby.' 'Charade' is fantastic. 'His Girl Friday,' the banter in that, that alone made me want to be a writer.

When it comes to Father's Day, I will remember my dad for both being there to nurture me and also for the times he gave me on my own to cultivate my own interests and to nurture my own spirit.

Cary Benjamin sleeps dreamily on my stomach as we're both bonding and recuperating. He's phenomenal.

My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I had one chance to pass along that name.

I am my father's only child. The world knows a two-dimensional Cary Grant. As charming a star and as remarkable a gentleman as he was, he was still a more thoughtful and loving father.

It's not what your parents give you. It's what you do with your own stuff.

Dad has, and had, a deservedly glowing reputation. However, this belief in 'reputation first' seems to have given rise to his fears of what might be rumored after his death.

I fell completely in love with acting. I guess I was bitten.

…progress isn't necessarily about change but about things turning out as we want them to

I thought, possibly, that what I really needed was to go where nobody knew me and start over again, with none of my previous decisions, conversations, or expectations coming with me.

When I was younger, I used to say, One day I'll be famous.

When I hear alcoholics talk about having their demons, I think that they're probably absolutely literally correct.

Radicalism and extremism, while they are dangers, they exist in every society on some level.

Сops have a tough job and sometimes it takes you being tough.

Kids audience is a brilliant audience. If you've got an audience of adults standing up and clapping, or you've got an audience of kids standing up and clapping, I know which one I'd choose.

You have to know when to strike and when to retreat.

One of the things that we don't want to do is to destroy the infrastructure of Iraq, because in a few days we're going to own that country.

I knelt at the altar of Ray Charles for years. I worked at a restaurant, and that's all there was on the jukebox.