Paul Newman (Paul Leonard Newman) Quotes

The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play - characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.

Paul Newman

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• I'm trying to mix the cool, independent stuff with the big stuff, but it's been difficult finding the right roles. It's been an interesting ride as far as my career pendulum is concerned.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Trying
  • Career
  • Interesting

• I'm not averse to being a supporting character. I try to pick parts where I can add something.

  

  Laura Dern
  • Character
  • Try
  • Add

• I've never returned to the locations. I do remember certain days more clearly than others and certain locations with a sense of nostalgia. Perhaps one day, I'll bring my daughter to see them, if she's interested.

  

  Madeleine Stowe
  • She
  • Remember
  • Day

• I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.

  

  Calvin Klein
  • Trying
  • Want
  • Universe

• No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew her, will remember her.

  

  Queen Elizabeth II
  • Remember
  • Never
  • Forget

• The ego being shattered is not what frightens me - that can be useful for writing - but the ego being inflated is sort of like it dying of gout.

  

  Garth Risk Hallberg
  • Writing
  • Dying
  • Ego

• There's something really unique about 'Orphan Black' is that it has a lot of female leads, so it's about a lot of women's stories, but it's not women's stories in terms of trying to find a guy or keep a guy; it's about entirely other things.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Women
  • Trying
  • Guy

• I always wear the shoes of the character a week before going on set; the idea of just putting on a new pair of shoes on the first day of filming is just horrific.

  

  Felicity Jones
  • Character
  • Day
  • Shoes

• Remember, a dead fish can float downstream, but it takes a live one to swim upstream.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Live
  • Remember
  • Fish

• I've seen a couple white girls coming to my concerts wearing head wraps, and I think they look so cute. It's kind of sad to see that people are really into separation, trying to separate everybody and making a clear division of 'us against you,' even with fashion. That sucks. It's not the way the world is supposed to be.

  

  Yuna
  • People
  • World
  • Trying

• I'm a girl who loves shoes. There is nothing like the feeling of trying on shoes at the store and they fit perfectly.

  

  Laura Marano
  • Trying
  • Girl
  • Feeling

• There are two different forms of storytelling: Novels tend to come from the inside of a character, and movies tend to look at them from the outside in relation to others in their world.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • World
  • Different
  • Character

• After years of doing it, you learn the difference between your ego and your opinion. When you're married you have to cut through that.

  

  Dan Castellaneta
  • Opinion
  • Learn
  • Doing

• I believe that pop culture is just, like, so ready for 'Watchmen.' We tried so hard to ride that wave between satire and reality, and all the things that make you still care about the character, but you don't miss the commentary about them.

  

  Zack Snyder
  • Believe
  • Character
  • Reality

• I think I didn't know whether I wanted to keep acting deep into my career. I kept trying to see if I would be able to do it well enough to make that part of my destiny or part of what I was supposed to do.

  

  Forest Whitaker
  • Trying
  • Career
  • Deep

• The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.

  

  Walter Benjamin
  • Life
  • Character
  • Feeling

• I'm not trying to be a celebrity, Justin Timberlake kinda guy.

  

  Calvin Harris
  • Trying
  • Guy
  • Celebrity

• Going from a child actor to an adult actor is not an easy thing, and I was sort of lost in a no man's land for a while, trying to figure out who I was as a person, and going from a young actor to an adult actor.

  

  C. Thomas Howell
  • Trying
  • Man
  • Lost

• I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit.

  

  Colleen Atwood
  • Character
  • Movie
  • Design

• If you're dreaming of being a great soloist, walking on stage, receiving ovations night after night, having money thrown at you, girls chasing after you and your beautiful picture - that's wonderful. But what exactly does that have to do with the practice of music?

  

  Wu Han
  • Beautiful
  • Dream
  • Practice

• I haven't shaved my private parts, but I dyed them once for a laugh! They looked more ginger, though!

  

  Lee Ryan Blue

• It is my feeling that Time ripens all things; with Time all things are revealed; Time is the father of truth.

  

  Francois Rabelais
  • Time
  • Truth
  • Father

• If you're a member of this team, you should be proud. But you should also realize that the plans Nick has for the future might not include you.

  

  Randy Cross
  • Future
  • Team
  • Proud

• The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play - characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.

  

  Paul Newman
  • Trying
  • Character
  • Remember