“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 supermarket shelves, in cinemas, in the theater. And they say show business is odd.”

—  Paul Newman

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

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