Paul Newman: Likeness

Paul Newman was American actor and film director. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.
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“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?”

Paul Newman

Quoted in Paul and Joanne: A Biography of Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward by Joe Morella and Edward Z. Epstein (1988), p. 157

Marriage , Home

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

Paul Newman

Upon winning the 1986 Academy Award for Best Actor, (in The Color of Money), after having being nominated seven times; quoted in Tom O'Neil, "Gold Derby," http://goldderby.latimes.com/awards_goldderby/2006/09/an_oscar_finall.html, Los Angeles Times (2006-09-03)

Beauty

“I'd like to be remembered as a guy who tried — tried to be part of his times, tried to help people communicate with one another, tried to find some decency in his own life, tried to extend himself as a human being. Someone who isn't complacent, who doesn't cop out.”

Paul Newman

Quoted in The Films of Paul Newman (1971) by Lawrence J. Quirk (Citadel Press), ISBN 0-806-50385-8), p. 36

Life , People , Guy , Communication

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

Paul Newman

Quoted in "Saint Paul," interview with John Aldridge, The Guardian (2005-04-10)

“I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.”

Paul Newman

Quoted in Maureen Dowd, "Testing Himself," The New York Times (1986-09-28), section 6, page 16, column 1

“I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed.”

Paul Newman

Quoted in John Skow, "Verdict on a Superstar," http://aolsvc.timeforkids.kol.aol.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,923114-1,00.html Time (1982-12-06)

“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, there is no way of knowing how all the ingredients will work out in the end. The best can turn out to be awful and the worst can be fantastic. Cooking is like performing and performing like cooking.”

Paul Newman

Quoted in "Saint Paul," interview with John Aldridge, The Guardian (2005-04-10)

Food , Way , Cooking