Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Spencer Tracy

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American actor Spencer Tracy.

Last updated on April 15, 2025.

Spencer Bonaventure Tracy was an American actor. He was known for his natural performing style and versatility. One of the major stars of Hollywood's Golden Age, Tracy was the first actor to win two consecutive Academy Awards for Best Actor from nine nominations. During his career, he appeared in 75 films and developed a reputation among his peers as one of the screen's greatest actors. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Tracy as the 9th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.

American - Actor | April 5, 1900 - June 10, 1967

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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.

Spencer Tracy

Know your lines and don't bump into the furniture.

Spencer Tracy

Acting is not the noblest profession in the world, but there are things lower than acting. Not many, mind you - but politicians give you something to look down on from time to time.

Spencer Tracy

Concentrate, don't embroider.

Spencer Tracy

This mug of mine is as plain as a barn door. Why should people pay 35 cents to look at it?

Spencer Tracy

Acting to me is always reacting.

Spencer Tracy

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.

Spencer Tracy

Acting is not an important job in the scheme of things. Plumbing is.

Spencer Tracy

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.

Spencer Tracy

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

Spencer Tracy

Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Spencer Tracy

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