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I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy. -- Vincente Minnelli
Stanley Kramer? Spencer Tracy? No one turns down being in a movie with them. -- Phil Silvers
I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep. -- Jeremy Hardy
I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid. -- Robert Wagner
I'll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one - then from three to five again. -- Maximilian Schell
My favorite actors when I was a kid were in their '60s. Spencer Tracy, Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne. -- Joseph Bologna
I am a proud participant of the Spencer Tracy School of Acting: Know your lines, don't bump into the furniture. -- Danny Bonaduce
I always wanted to work with Spencer Tracy, which never happened, although I knew him well. And I never worked with Cary Grant. -- Lauren Bacall
Clarence Darrow was a unique and courageous man. Several of my favourite actors have played Darrow... Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy. -- Kevin Spacey
People like Spencer Tracy held up because they had the background originally, but to this day they never have changed Mr. Gable's role, or most of them. -- Jackie Cooper
When I did that interview with Hepburn, the only ground rule was, you did not discuss Spencer Tracy. Spencer Tracy's widow is still alive, and she respected that. -- Morley Safer
The original Spencer Tracy version of 'The Old Man and the Sea' was always terribly flawed because of the over-reliance on voice over, but it's still a beautiful movie. -- J. C. Chandor
If I am to be remembered for anything I have done in this profession, I would like it to be for the four films in which I directed Spencer Tracy. -- Stanley Kramer
The three actors I admire the most are all dead. Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy and the French actor, Jean Gabin. They're all very natural, sort of masculine without being overly macho. -- Michael Caine
There are many actors who have inspired me: Spencer Tracy for his incredible elegance and, of course, Cary Grant. But, there's also an Italian actor I admire a great deal: Alberto Sordi. -- Alfred Molina
I was on the set when I was five years old with Spencer Tracy. A lot of what I learned growing up in terms of artistry is very clean, very tidy, very organized. -- Robert Blake
I cannot tell you much about the picture- it depends on so many things, the first of which that comes to my mind is: splendid as he is, is there too much of Spencer Tracy. -- Basil Rathbone
Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does his job, and then he goes back to his dressing room. -- William Shatner
When I am cast in a movie where I feel that the woman's part is more interesting, I usually start thinking about Spencer Tracy and Fred Astaire. They seem to be the most clear actors when working with women. -- Jack Nicholson
When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando. -- Eddie Marsan
The bravery of Stanley Kramer's 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner' amounted to two Hollywood legends - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy - telling the world that a black son-in-law is something they can live with, and so should you, especially if he looks like Sidney Poitier and has degrees. -- Wesley Morris
Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was playing or Spencer Tracy was playing. I was really never interested in the parts that women were playing. I found the parts that guys were playing were so much more interesting. -- Joyce DeWitt
I always hated when the studios just kind of said that anybody can act. You look at people like Spencer Tracy, Henry Fonda - and I'm just talking about the male actors - there aren't a lot who can act. It's a very special talent, and I wish it were recognized as a very special talent. -- Bob Newhart
I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him. -- Katharine Hepburn
Clarence Darrow was a unique and courageous man. Several of my favourite actors have played Darrow Henry Fonda, Orson Welles and Spencer Tracy. -- Kevin Spacey
How many women do we know who were continually kissed by Clark Gable, William Powell, Cary Grant, Spencer Tracy and Fredric March? Only one: Myrna Loy. -- Lauren Bacall
Heck, I drank no more than John Wayne or Ward Bond or Spencer Tracy or Alan Ladd or Robert Walker. But it got me into a lot more trouble. -- John Agar
I love movies. I adore movies. I grew up on Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood and Warren Beatty. The list goes on. Spencer Tracy. I wanted to be in movies. -- Pierce Brosnan
I'm a great believer in conversational rhythm. I think in terms of rhythmic dialogue. It's so easy, you can talk naturally. It's like peas rolling off a knife. Take the great screen actors and actresses, Bette Davis, Eddie Robinson, Jimmy Cagney, Spencer Tracy. They all talk in rhythm. And rhythm and movement are the life of the screen. -- Lorenz Hart
I've always been skeptical of people who say they lose themselves in a part. Someone once came up to Spencer Tracy and asked, "Aren't you tired of always playing Tracy?" Tracy replied, "What am I supposed to do, play Bogart?" You have to develop a style that suits you and pursue it, not just develop a bag of tricks. -- LeBron James

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