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Gregory Peck Biography

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was 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 1980s. His performance as Atticus Finch in the 1962 film To Kill a Mockingbird earned him the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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

Guess, Ireland And The Irish, Irish, Streak, Streaks, Stubborn

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

Eldred, Liked, Middle, Names, New York

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

Ifs, Tell, Vanity, Who You Are

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. '

Kids, Men, Peck, Things, Think, Thinking

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

Entertainment, Idea, Ideas, Important, Right

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.

Good, Guy, Interesting, Make, Play, Playing

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

Acting, Courage, Self, Talent, Underacting

The emotion is the music and the script is the libretto.

Emotion, Libretto, Music, Script, Scripts

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

Firsts, Towns, Hottest, Gregory, Gary

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

Gun, Hands, Keeping, People, Wrong

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

Discretion, Tact, Tales, Tell

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

Art, Compassion, Generosity

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.

Believe, Embarrassed, Humanitarian, Part

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

Axes, Entertain, Grind, Lectures, Want

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.

Children, Generosity, Mother, Princess, Queens, World

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.

Believe, Defend, Defending, Odds, Political Opinions

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

Feet, Gnarly, Grew, Inches, School

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

Gives, Giving, Life, Life And Love, Perspective