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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.
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.
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.
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.
In our film profession you may have Gable's looks, Tracy's art, Marlene's legs or Liz's violet eyes, but they don't mean a thing without that swinging thing called courage.
The camera was kind to me. But I was never a screen personality like Gable or Flynn. The camera did something with their faces that was special.
Stanley Kramer? Spencer Tracy? No one turns down being in a movie with them.
I regret not doing a film that I was offered with Clark Gable because the script was not good enough.
I've never been typed. John Wayne played 'that guy' all the time - mostly because that's all he could do. Gable played Gable parts, and Bob Taylor played Bob Taylor parts, whether he was in armor or a full-dress suit. I resisted that.
I'll never forget Spencer Tracy. He only worked from nine to one - then from three to five again.
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