“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)

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American actor and film director 1925–2008

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