Newman Quotes

• I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.

  Paul Newman

  Lying, Eye, Brown

  "An actor of true genius, and a man of great decency" by Philip French, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2008.

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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.

  Paul Newman

  Heart, Eye, Thinking

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

  Paul Newman

  Law, Black, Looks

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• Newman's first law: It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down.

  Paul Newman

  Law, Racing, Useless

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• For those of you who like to scarf your popcorn in the sack, the good news is that Newman's Own contains an aphrodisiac.

  Paul Newman

  Popcorn, Scarves, News

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Chocolate is the greatest gift to women ever created, next to the likes of Paul Newman and Gene Kelly. It's something that should be had on a daily basis.

  Sandra Bullock

  Yummy, Chocolate, Likes

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• It can be a work by Mondrian, a piece of music by Schönberg or Mozart, a painting by Leonardo, Barnett Newman or also Jackson Pollock. That's beautiful to me. But also nature. A person can be beautiful as well. And beauty is also defined as 'untouched'. Indeed, that's an ideal: that we humans are untouched and therefore beautiful.

  Gerhard Richter

  Beautiful, Art, Pieces

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• There are so many people I would love to work with, like Al Pacino, Paul Newman, Gary Oldman - maybe Tom Cruise. I wanna play his brother in something - so call my agent!

  Scott Wolf

  Love, Brother, Play

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• If I were to die tomorrow, I think they'd say Newman 56, composer of the hit song, Short People. Jumped off a mountain today.

  Randy Newman

  Song, Thinking, People

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• Paul Newman is not a very good pool player.

  Rudolf Wanderone

  Player, Gamer, Pool

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• The last real movie stars were probably Redford and Newman. And things were different then. There wasn't this amazing amount of magazines and information about them.

  George Clooney

  Stars, Real, Different

  "Ocean's Thirteen, the Interview". Interview with Josh Tyrangiel, content.time.com. May 30, 2007.

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• I think Paul Newman had an amazing career. I also love what Tom Hanks has done. He has always made very grounded movies that have something to say. He has found a way to make blockbusters that are about something and that is what I want to do.

  Josh Duhamel

  Thinking, Careers, Done

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• One of my favorite actors is Paul Newman. He could tell so much with a single look, whereas some actors would need an entire five page monologue to give off the feeling of what he could say with just a single look.

  Ryan Kwanten

  Giving, Feelings, Needs

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• Music-wise, I listen to everything. Leonard Cohen, Randy Newman, I guess I like a lot of 70's music.

  Bret McKenzie

  Wise, Randy

  "Bret McKenzie Talks THE MUPPETS, THE HOBBIT, FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, and More". Interview with Matt Goldberg, collider.com. January 6, 2012.

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• And that Newman wasn't, and yet to me Pollock is just as radical and unlike Expressionism as Newman.

  Donald Judd

  Expressionism, Radical, Pollock

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• But the truth is that L.A. was never entirely real anyway, as Steely Dan, Randy Newman, Warren Zevon, Larry David and Alan Ball all understood.

  Barney Hoskyns

  Real, Balls, Truth Is

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• You need some insecurity if you're an actor. It keeps the pot boiling. I haven't yet started to think about retiring. I was shocked when I heard about Paul Newman retiring at age 82. Most actors just fade away like old soldiers.

  Al Pacino

  Retirement, Thinking, Insecurity

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• If you look at any of the greats, from people like Paul Newman and Robert Redford to, you know, Brad Pitt - to get any of the kinds of roles like the ones that they've gotten, or just to be a part of any of the kinds of movies they've made, would be the end-all for me.

  Channing Tatum

  People, Would Be, Roles

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Paul Newman's half Jewishand Florence Henderson's half, tooPut them together,What a fine looking Jew!

  Adam Sandler

  Together, Florence, Half

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• I was in a supermarket and I saw Paul Newman's face on salad dressing and spaghetti sauce....I thought he was missing.

  Bob Saget

  Salad Dressing, Missing, Sauce

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• What is wonderful about a university like LSE is that you not only receive teaching of very high quality, you also learn where to find the knowledge you are seeking. And you make unexpected discoveries; it was a Marxist professor who introduced me to the work of Cardinal Newman, a great master of English prose as well as theology.

  Pierre Trudeau

  Teaching, Discovery, Quality

  "Memoirs". Book by Pierre Trudeau, 1993.

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• I used to go over to Gene Kelly's house and play volleyball, and Paul Newman and Marlon Brando were always there. You kind of took it for granted because I was 20, 21, 22, and they were a bit older - well, Gene certainly was. But it was just part of daily living. They were in the same profession, and you didn't think that much about it.

  Joan Collins

  Volleyball, Thinking, Play

  "Tracey Emin". Interview with Joan Collins, www.interviewmagazine.com. December 4, 2013.

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• A lot of the time in my recurring dreams, before I was diagnosed, iconic people would either be good or evil figures. I remember dreaming really basic stuff like trying to navigate the London underground, but then Paul Newman would be the only one who would direct me to the right trains. And I'm trying to remember who would direct me to the wrong ones.

  Emma Forrest

  Dream, People, Evil

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• The people I've respected most in the industry over the years - Paul Newman, for instance. I just loved the way he handled growing old on-screen. It's understanding that you're now basically a character actor.

  George Clooney

  Character, Years, People

  "George Clooney: I'm Now a Character Actor". Interview with David Gergen, parade.com. September 22, 2011.

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• A lot of political music to me can be rather pedantic and corny, and when it's done right - like Bruce Springsteen or Jackson Browne or great satire from Randy Newman, there's nothing better.

  Bonnie Raitt

  Political, Done, Corny

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