Paul Newman Quotes


"People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked."
- Paul Newman
(Related: People, Want)

"You only grow when you are alone."
- Paul Newman
"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."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Career, Christ, Old, Smoking, Waking)

"Who's to say who's an expert?"
- Paul Newman
"The star of oil and vinegar and the oil and vinegar of the stars."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Oil, Stars)

"Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Will)

"Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Acting, Profession)

"Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down."
- Paul Newman
(Related: First)

"Money won is twice as sweet as money earned."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Money)

"To be an actor you have to be a child."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Actor)

"If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Poker)

"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Character, Enemies)

"I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Character, Actor)

"Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why."
- Paul Newman
(Related: Time, Love, Colors, Reason, Trying)

"Newman's second law: Just when things look darkest, they go black."
- Paul Newman