Quotes by Paul Newman

“I cannot bear to look at a film that I made before 1990. Maybe 1985. There's no sense even trying to explain it. I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives...”

“Just when things look darkest, they go black.”

“When I realized I was going to have to be a whore, to put my face on the label, I decided that the only way I could do it was to give away all the money we make. Over the years, that ethical stance...”

“It's all been a bad joke that just ran out of control. I got into food for fun but the business got a mind of its own. Now — my good Lord — look where it has gotten me. My products are on supermark...”

“I like racing but food and pictures are more thrilling. I can't give them up. In racing you can be certain, to the last thousandth of a second, that someone is the best, but with a film or a recipe...”

“I'm like a good cheese. I'm just getting mouldy enough to be interesting.”

“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?”

“I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor. You don't want any woman to look under the carpet because there's lots of flaws und...”

“Study your craft and know who you are and what's special about you. Find out what everyone does on a film set, ask questions and listen. Make sure you live life, which means don't do things where y...”

“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?”

“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 a...”

“It's like chasing a beautiful woman for 80 years. Finally, she relents and you say, I am terribly sorry. I'm tired.”

“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”

“To be an actor, you have to be a child.”

“Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it.”