Paul Newman (Paul Leonard Newman) Quotes
It wasn't as though I really made a commitment to it; there wasn't anything else around. So I wasn't driven to become an actor.. it just seemed to be the thing that I managed to do best.
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I remember starting out and covering songs.
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But I prefer to go to comedies. Give me Julia Roberts smiling anyday.
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Memory... is the diary that we all carry about with us.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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It is only a step from boredom to disillusionment, which leads naturally to self-pity, which in turn ends in chaos.
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I'm here today because I refused to be unhappy. I took a chance.
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I sit at this really weird crossroads. My job requires me to take in calories. I take care of myself. I eat healthy. I exercise a lot. But then I have to go to events in cocktail dresses and look fancy, and people want to interview me about what I'm wearing, and then I'm compared to people who are wearing size 2 all the time.
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I have vanity and greed enough for one person. But at the same time, I feel in my bones you lose a lot of life's value if you don't see yourself as a member of the family of man.
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I've found that when everyone rallies behind a cause, and when they learn their effort can contribute something bigger, they get engaged.
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It usually starts with the director and any other creatives who may be involved at the start. It's a collaboration. I bring what I have naturally and, hopefully, what they cast me for, and then we start playing and tweaking until we have what they feel's right. It helps to have some artwork to inspire me, but I don't always get that luxury.
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Eventually I just want to live a normal life. I want to get married and have children and cook, wash... all the things that I do now. My background is very normal and steady, and that's what I like.
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I had always done broader characters, but going to UCB and speaking to my own voice was important for auditioning for TV and film.
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I came of age during the Golden Age of rom coms - like the '90s and 2000s - there were so many.
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The coach's job is to get the best players and get them to play together.
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Now in my theater training I showed no aptitude at all.
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Population is a strong driver of the economy as well as the quality of the labor force.
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In the sick room, ten cents' worth of human understanding equals ten dollars' worth of medical science.
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People should try to know God and imitate him in their works. Repetitions and ceremonials are of no use.
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The question I'm always asking myself is: are we masters or victims? Do we make history, or does history make us? Do we shape the world, or are we just shaped by it? The question of do we have agency in our lives or whether we are just passive victims of events is, I think, a great question, and one that I have always tried to ask.
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Malcolm X never renounced and never stepped away from a strong commitment to black nationalism and black self-determination. That's absolutely clear if you do any analysis of his speeches.
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I had this almost Dickensian look. I was quite fragile.
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Well thank you, me old gobbler,' said Mr. Gum handing over some money that Billy William would later discover to be made out of lies and broken promises.
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It wasn't as though I really made a commitment to it; there wasn't anything else around. So I wasn't driven to become an actor.. it just seemed to be the thing that I managed to do best.
