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I know they nicknamed us `Cash and Cary,` but I never asked Barbara Hutton for a penny. I never married a woman for money, that`s the God`s truth. I may not have married for very sound reasons, but money was the least of them.

- Cary Grant

They nicknamed me "The Oomph Girl", and I loathe that nickname! Just being known by a nickname indicates that you`re not thought of as a true actress . . . It`s just crap! If you call an actress by her looks or a reaction, then that`s all she`ll ever be thought of as.

- Ann Sheridan

I was called Sean long before I was an actor, I had an Irish buddy when I was 12 named Seamus -- pronounced Shay-mus. So they nicknamed us Seamus and Shawn and it stuck.

- Sean Connery

I was nicknamed Skeeter in Little League because I was small and fast, like a mosquito flying across the outfield.

- Skeet Ulrich

They nicknamed me "The Oomph Girl", and I loathe that nickname! Just being known by a nickname indicates that you`re not thought of as a true actress . . . It`s just crap! If you call an actress by her looks or a reaction, then that`s all she`ll ever be thought of as.

- Ann Sheridan

(Balding backbencher Bob McMullan, nicknamed) comb-over ... When someone looks through a window and thinks they see a lot of vipers and snakes, it`s nearly always the case they`re looking in a mirror and seeing a reflection of themselves.

- Ashton Oravetz III