Riskin went into directing and made a film with Cary Grant which applied to the letter all the ideas which had made his comedies famous. It had everything except that little something - and the film was a failure.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I did a little movie called 'Touch of Pink,' where I played a Cary Grant-type guy, which I thought was a lot of fun, and I thought I was moderately successful in my own interpretation of Cary Grant.
Cary Grant was one of the most marvelous men I've ever met.
But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife.
I always adored Cary Grant. I was fascinated by him. But I could never get too close to him.
To me, Cary Grant is probably the most fashionable man in the history of Hollywood. The guy was just slick. He did it so effortlessly.
I still don't know much about directing a movie.
Hitchcock had a charm about him. He was very funny at times. He was incredibly brilliant in his field of suspense.
Movie directing is a perfect refuge for the mediocre.
He wasn't directing it, of course, so I didn't work with Hitchcock.
The truth is, I'd never seen a Cary Grant film. Since then I have watched his stuff and it's astounding, but I don't see any similarity between us. Except for the fact that I'm told he used to wear ladies' underwear, which is something I also do.