Spencer Tracy

I'm not a very good athlete. I'm not coordinated.

I'm not a very good artist. I can't draw a straight line.

I'm not a very good musician. I can't play an instrument.

I'm not a very good scientist. I don't understand science.

I'm not a very good philosopher. I don't think deeply.

I'm not a very good politician. I don't like to argue.

I'm not a very good leader. I prefer to follow.

I'm not a very good teacher. I don't have much to teach.

I'm not a very good student of life. I keep making the same mistakes.

I'm not a very good human being. But I try.

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

Acting is the most minor of the arts.

I don't sit around and wait for great parts. I go after them.

The stage is where I belong, but the screen pays the bills.

Success in this business is 90% luck and 10% talent.

I never prepare for a role; I just live it.

Life's too short to take seriously.

Katharine Hepburn? She's the best damn actress I've ever worked with.

Don't ever say anything you don't mean.

Hollywood is a place where they'll pay you a thousand dollars for a kiss and fifty cents for your soul.