Spencer Tracy Quotes

It is up to us to give ourselves recognition. If we wait for it to come from others, we feel resentful when it doesn't, and when it does, we may well reject it.

I'm tired of pretending that everything's fine just so I can please everyone else.

I'm disappointed in acting as a craft. I want everything to go back to Orson Welles and fake noses and changing your voice. It's become so much about personality.

Just know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

There were times my pants were so thin I could sit on a dime and tell if it was heads or tails.

Just learn your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

I couldn't be a director because I couldn't put up with the actors. I don't have the patience. Why, I'd probably kill the actors. Not to mention some of the beautiful actresses.