234 Quotes by Paul Newman

I had no natural gift to be anything – not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches – not anything. So I’ve worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me.

You got to have two things to win. You got to have brains and you got to have balls. Now you’ve got too much of one and not enough of the other.

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?

Acting isn’t really a creative profession. It’s an interpretative one.

People like to do what they used to do after they’ve stopped being able to do it.

I’m like a good cheese. I’m just getting mouldy enough to be interesting.

I don’t like to discuss my marriage, but I will tell you something which may sound corny but which happens to be true. I have steak at home. Why should I go out for hamburger?

Acting is like letting your pants down; you’re exposed.

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.