Paul Newman Quotes
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It's born of sheer laziness. My signature dishes are salads, hamburgers and popcorn. That's not the kind of stuff that gets you an entry in the distinguished book of culinary records. Being known for great soufflé is one thing but a good hamburger? What would they say? "Yeah, he really knew how to put the cheese on."
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A feud should live a full and colorful life, and then it should die a natural death and be forgotten.
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Almost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio.
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The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19.
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I started my career giving a clinic in bad acting in the film, "The Silver Chalice," and now I'm playing a crusty old man who's an animated automobile in "Cars". That's a creative arc for you, isn't it?
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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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There are three rules for running a business; fortunately, we don't know any of them.
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I can eat fifty eggs.
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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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I just hope when my body goes, or when my mind does, I have the guts to end it the way Hemingway did. I don't want anybody wiping drool off my chin.
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I think transitions are never that noticeable, but they are always on their way. It has to do with distance and accessibility. People call it mellowing, but I think it's how available you are toward other people, or how much you distance yourself.
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You got to have two things to win. You got to have brains and you got to have balls. Now you've got too much of one and not enough of the other.
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Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
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You can't really appreciate anonymity until you've lost it. People say that's sour grapes, but it really isn't To be able to walk down the street without people paying attention to you is a real blessing and you lose it when you become an actor.
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There are a lot of drivers who can carry a car. It doesn't happen very often very successfully. I think it takes a certain amount of sensible bravery. It's no good to be brave and just keep crashing.
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A lot of people have dreams and never do anything about them. When you have ideas and dreams, you do something about it.
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Once I started taking drama classes, I asked myself why I had ever wasted so much time on a football team.
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From salad dressings all blessings flow.
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Now then, if we were to go the lowest road and plaster my face on the bottle of oil and vinegar dressing just to line our pockets, it would sink. But to go the low road to get to the high road- shameless exploitation for charity, for the common good- now that's an idea worth the hustle, a reciprocal trade agreement.
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I would like it if people would think that beyond Newman, there's a spirit that takes action, a heart, and a talent that doesn't come from my blue eyes.
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How many honest men do you know? Take the sinners away from the saints, you're lucky to end up with Abraham Lincoln.
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To that extent that you can sustain and maintain that childlike part of your personality is probably the best part of acting.
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The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.
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I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.