Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newmanwas an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional racing driver and team owner, environmentalist, activist and philanthropist. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many honorary awards. Newman's other films include The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, and The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 January 1925
CityShaker Heights, OH
CountryUnited States of America
In racing, the fastest person wins. It is very simple.
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.
What could be better than to hold your hand out to people less fortunate than you are?
The best thing you can give yourselves...is the gift of possibility. And the best thing you can give each other is the pledge to go on protecting that gift in each other as long as you live.
While progress should never come to a halt, there are many places it should never come to at all.
Choose between yesterday and tomorrow.
From the very beginning, we bucked tradition. When the experts said that something was "always done" in a certain way, we'd do it our way, which was sometimes the very opposite.
Sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.
At the beginning of your career, it's 'Who is Paul Newman?' and then it's 'Get me Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Get me a young Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Who is Paul Newman?'
I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor.
Building weapons that we don't need, don't work, and aren't necessary, and have no mission — that's not bad politics, that's robbery.
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.
It's been a privilege to be here.
The concept that a person who has a lot holds his hand out to someone who has less, or someone who isn't hurting holds his hand out to someone who is, is simply a human trait that has nothing to do with celebrity. I am confounded at the stinginess of some institutions and some people. I'm bewildered by it. You can only put away so much stuff in your closet.