Gregory Peck's BIO His role as Atticus Finch in 'To Kill A Mockingbird' (1962)
April 5, 1916 (La Jolla, California, USA)
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  • “I won one of these in 1947 and it was very encouraging, and it's very encouraging now,”
  • “I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is.”
  • “Kings of the Sun.”
  • “Tough times don't last, tough people do, remember?”
  • “I never gave a thought to running, ... Not even in my heart of hearts do I have an ambition to do that.”
  • “Gregory Peck is the hottest thing in town. Some say he is a second Gary Cooper. Actually, he is the first Gregory Peck.”
  • “What did I do in high school? I grew from 5 feet 4 inches to 6 feet 2 inches.”
  • “Ramon, whatever happens, it's strictly between you and me and the horse.”
  • “I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is.”
  • “He was a serious director. He kept trying. Sometimes he failed, but now and then he hit, and he made a difference,”
  • “I don't lecture and I don't grind any axes. I just want to entertain.”
  • “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.”
  • “In art there is compassion, in compassion there is humanity, with humanity there is generosity and love,' Peters said. ”
  • “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.”
  • “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.”
  • “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.”
  • “I expect that every Irish-American coming to Ireland says visiting makes them feel good to be here. But I feel drawn to Dingle, I feel a sense of coming home. For me that is what it is.”
  • “To Kill A Mockingbird”
  • “I never liked the name Eldred. Since nobody knew me in New York, I just changed to my middle name.”
  • “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.”
  • “Mockingbird,”
  • “Faith gives you an inner strength and a sense of balance and perspective in life.”
  • “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 had that stubborn streak, the Irish in me I guess.”
  • “Thank you, Harper Lee”