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Famous Paul Newman Quotes
“You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning.”
“If you have no enemies, you have no character. Taking a stand always creates opposition.”
“I think it's very desirable to be an individual and a free thinker.”
“An actor has to evaluate his own abilities and be honest with himself.”
“Hollywood is a changing world these days. This is one of the things that ought to be changed.”
“Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.”
“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”
“I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.”
“The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.”
“I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.”
“It's always darkest before it turns absolutely pitch black.”
“The problem with getting older is you still remember how things used to be.”
“Those with a moral deficit put on a good show, and sleep like a baby.”
“On adultery: "Why fool around with hamburger when you have steak at home?”
“The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19.”
“People like to do what they used to do after they've stopped being able to do it.”
“It happens to everybody, horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive.”
