Quotes by Paul Newman

About Paul Newman:

Paul Leonard Newman was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional racing driver and team owner; he was also an environmentalist, liberal social activist and philanthropist. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel IndyCar racing.
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You only grow when you are alone.

Paul Newman

You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

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So you wound up with Apollo. If he's sometimes hard to swallow. Use this.

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I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

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The star of oil and vinegar and the oil and vinegar of the stars.

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If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

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People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.

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If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.

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To be an actor you have to be a child.

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Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black.

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Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.

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Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

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Who's to say who's an expert?

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We are such spendthrifts with our lives, the trick of living is to slip on and off the planet with the least fuss you can muster. I’m not running for sainthood. I just happen to think that in life we need to be a little like the farmer, who puts ba...

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A man with no enemies is a man with no character.

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I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with...

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There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just when things look darkest, they go black.

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Those with a moral deficit put on a good show, and sleep like a baby.

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Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.

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Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

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Author Bio

  • NamePaul Newman
  • DescriptionAmerican actor and film director
  • BornJanuary 26, 1925
  • DiedSeptember 26, 2008
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Television Actor; Film Actor; Film Director; Racecar Driver; Actor; Entrepreneur
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Actor; Four Freedoms Award - Freedom From Want; Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award