Background Quote by Jackie Cooper

Clark Gable seemed fascinating all his life because there wasn't so much information about him. Today, you're on television all the time.

— A. Scott Berg

I loved Spencer Tracy. I would have done anything for him.

— Katharine Hepburn

I had no romantic interest in Gable. I considered him an older man.

— Gene Tierney

Who could quarrel with Clark Gable? We got on well. Whenever anyone on the set was tired or depressed, it was Gable who cheered…

— Vivien Leigh

Clark Gable was the only real he-man I've ever known, of all the actors I've met.

— Clark Gable

Spencer Tracy was a man who did very much what I do on a set, and that is, he comes down and he does…

— William Shatner

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,…

— Morley Safer

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…

— Joyce DeWitt

I'm just glad it'll be Clark Gable who's falling on his face and not Gary Cooper.

— Gary Cooper

When I saw Spencer Tracy in 'The Old Man and the Sea,' I realised the distinction between being an actor and a film star.…

— Naseeruddin Shah

When I think of [my relationship with Gable], considering the way it started, it was curious. We became devoted to each other. We weren't…

— Myrna Loy

Stanley Kramer? Spencer Tracy? No one turns down being in a movie with them.

— Phil Silvers