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Clark Gable Quotes

1901–1960 United States

William Clark Gable (1 February 1901 – 16 November 1960) was an Academy Award-winning American film actor. His best remembered role was in Gone with the Wind (1939) with Vivien Leigh.

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The only reason they come to see me is that I know that life is great — and they know I know it.

The Routledge Dictionary of Quotations (1987)

I'm no actor and I never have been. What people see on the screen is me.

I worked like a son of a bitch to learn a few tricks and I fight like a steer to avoid getting stuck with parts I can't play.

My father could never get it through his head that acting was honorable work for a man. Even when I was making $7,500 a week, he stubbornly kept saying, "What kind of a job is that for a fellow six feet tall, weighs 195 pounds?"

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Clark Gable (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.