I think ageing suits me because I was born old, like Spencer Tracy or Dolly the Sheep.

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

I went to Europe with Spencer Tracy. What a thrill, working with John Ford when I was a kid.

I've worked with an awful lot of people. Katy Hepburn, Spencer Tracy.

If I am to be remembered for anything I have done in this profession, I would like it to be for the four films in which I directed Spencer Tracy.

When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.