Paul Newman (Paul Leonard Newman) Quotes

I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

Paul Newman

• Running
• Acting
• Driven
• Goods
• Compulsion

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• Not only do I not want to be stereotyped as this Asian girl who fights - gee, what a wonder - but also I have more to offer than that.

  

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• I've become very, very liberal as far as war is concerned. It's just too terrible. I've been to wars and I've seen what happens. I know what it is to be hurt, and it's nothing compared to these guys. To be blind for the rest of your life. To have prosthetic limbs.

  

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• I wasn't driven to acting by any inner compulsion. I was running away from the sporting goods business.

  

  Paul Newman
  • Running
  • Acting
  • Driven