Gregory Peck Quotes & Sayings

It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all. — Gregory Peck

Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck. — Gregory Peck

I'm not a do-gooder. It embarrassed me to be classified as a humanitarian. I simply take part in activities that I believe in. — Gregory Peck

Overacting is a self-indulgence, while underacting comes either through a lack of talent or a lack of courage. — Gregory Peck

In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and love,' Peters said. — Gregory Peck

They say the bad guys are more interesting to play but there is more to it than that - playing the good guys is more challenging because it's harder to make them interesting. — Gregory Peck

I just do things I really enjoy. I enjoy acting. When I'm driving to the studio, I sing in the car. I love my work and my wife and my kids and my friends. And I think, 'You're a lucky man, Gregory Peck, a damn lucky man.' — Gregory Peck

Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember? — Gregory Peck

I have tales to tell, but I don't tell them. Discretion. Discretion. — Gregory Peck

If these Mount Everests of the financial world are going to labor and bring forth still more pictures with people being blown to bits with bazookas and automatic assault rifles with no gory detail left unexploited, if they are going to encourage anxious, ambitious actors, directors, writers and producers to continue their assault on the English language by reducing the vocabularies of their characters to half a dozen words, with one colorful but overused Anglo-Saxon verb and one unbeautiful Anglo-Saxon noun covering just about every situation, then I would like to suggest that they stop and think about this: making millions is not the whole ball game, fellows. Pride of workmanship is worth more. Artistry is worth more. — Gregory Peck

There we were, hundreds of us lined up, waving at the great man as he tipped his hat to us. And that is the extent of my acquaintance with Albert Einstein. — Gregory Peck

I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess. — Gregory Peck

Inside of all the makeup and the character and makeup, it's you, and I think that's what the audience is really interested in ... you, how you're going to cope with the situation, the obstacles, the troubles that the writer put in front of you. — Gregory Peck

Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life. — Gregory Peck

I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name. — Gregory Peck

What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people? — Gregory Peck

Sorry, honey, but I haven't worn a nightgown in years. — Gregory Peck

The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto. — Gregory Peck

If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody. — Gregory Peck

You have to dream, you have to have a vision, and you have to set a goal for yourself that might even scare you a little because sometimes that seems far beyond your reach. Then I think you have to develop a kind of resistance to rejection, and to the disappointments that are sure to come your way. — Gregory Peck

What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches. — Gregory Peck

There is no doubt that the princess did become a queen
not only on the screen. One of the most loved, one of the most skillful, one of the most intelligent, one of the most sensitive, charming actresses
and friends, in my life
but also in the later stages of her life, the UNICEF ambassador to the children of the world. The generosity, sensitivity, the nobility of her service to the children of the world and the mothers of the world will never be forgotten. — Gregory Peck

I put everything I had into it - all my feelings and everything I'd learned in 46 years of living, about family life and fathers and children. And my feelings about racial justice and inequality and opportunity. — Gregory Peck

I don't think I could stay interested for a couple of months in a character of mean motivation. — Gregory Peck

I hold no brief for Communists, but I believe in and will defend their right to act independently within the law. I question whether members of the committee are interested in defending our form of government or whether they are attempting to suppress political opinion at odds with their own. — Gregory Peck

I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain. — Gregory Peck

My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness. — Gregory Peck

Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important. — Gregory Peck