Paul Newman Quotes
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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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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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I respect generosity in people, and I respect it in companies too, I don't look at it as philanthropy; I see it as an investment in the community.
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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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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 back into the soil what he takes out.
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There are many ingredients that go into making a film. It baffles me, what works and what doesn't.
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I've been accused of being aloof. I'm not. I'm just wary.
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What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?
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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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A man can only be judged by his actions, and not by his good intentions or his beliefs.
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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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Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.
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I am convinced that a person is entitled to as much privacy as he wants. It should be his privilege to keep certain areas of his life out of the newspapers.
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For some players, luck itself is an art
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I can eat fifty eggs.
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It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, 'I'm terribly sorry. I'm tired.'
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The only way we can give our children the best education in the world and prepare them for the next century is by funding the programs that serve them.
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The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.
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I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.
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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.
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Being on President Nixon's enemies list was the highest single honor I've ever received. Who knows who's listening to me now and what government list I'm on?
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I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
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The spaghetti sauce is a good thing to think about. Morning, noon, and night, think about the spaghetti sauce. Think about hustling other people to buy the spaghetti sauce.
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You discover a lot of things on your feet and if you don't have any rehearsal, then anything that happens on the screen is by accident.