Gregory Peck
Gregory Peck
Eldred Gregory Peckwas an American actor who was one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s. Peck continued to play major film roles until the late 1970s. His performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor. He had also been nominated for an Oscar for the same category for The Keys of the Kingdom, The Yearling, Gentleman's Agreementand Twelve O'Clock High. Other notable...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth5 April 1916
CitySan Diego, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.
Sorry, honey, but I haven't worn a nightgown in years.
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.
The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.
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.
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.
What is wrong with keeping guns out of the hands of the wrong people?
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.
I had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.
Entertainment is all right, but entertainment with an idea behind it is much more important.
If you have to tell them who you are, you aren't anybody.
It just seems silly to me that something so right and simple has to be fought for at all.
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.