Paul Newman movie quotes

“You only grow when you are alone.”
Paul Newman

“I'm a supporter of gay rights. And not a closet supporter either. From the time I was a kid, I have never been able to understand attacks upon the gay community. There are so many qualities that make up a human being... by the time I get through with all the things that I really admire about people, what they do with their private parts is...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Newman

“- Sarah Packard: I'm a college girl. Two days a week - Tuesdays and Thursdays - I go to college.
- Fast Eddie: You don't look like a college girl.
- Sarah Packard: I'm the emancipated type. Real emancipated.
- Fast Eddie: No, I didn't mean that... whatever that means. I mean you just don't look young enough.
- Sarah Packard: I'm not.
- Fast...” (continue)(continue reading)
Piper Laurie - Sarah Packard
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson

“- Suzanne: You are the first man I've slept with since I left Hanrahan.
- Reggie: Aw Suzanne, a beautiful woman like you?
- Suzanne: Well, I've been sleeping with women.”

Melinda Dillon - Suzanne
Paul Newman - Reggie

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

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

“- Luke: Let him go. Bam, Bam.
- Dragline: Knock it off, Luke. You can't talk about Him that way.
- Luke: Are you still believin' in that big bearded Boss up there? You think he's watchin' us?
- Dragline: Get in here. Ain't ya scared? Ain't ya scared of dyin'?
- Luke: Dyin'? Boy, he can have this little life any time he wants to. Do ya hear that?...” (continue)(continue reading)

Paul Newman - Luke
George Kennedy - Dragline

“- Miss Beryl: Doesn't it bother you that you haven't done more with the life God gave you?
- Sully: Not often. Now and then.”
Jessica Tandy - Miss Beryl
Paul Newman - Sully

“- Butch Cassidy: They got horses in Australia and thousands of miles of countryside that we can hide out in, and good climate. Nice beaches. You can learn to swim.
- The Sundance Kid: No. Swimming isn't important. What about the banks?
- Butch Cassidy: Very easy. Easy, ripe, and luscious.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid

“Sons are put on this Earth to trouble their fathers.”
Paul Newman - John Rooney

In my religion, they say, "Act as if you had faith... and faith will be given to you". If... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And act with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts.

Paul Newman - Frank Galvin

“Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.”

Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson

“- Lonnie Bannon: It's a lonely old night isn't it?
- Hud Bannon: Ain't they all?”
Brandon De Wilde - Lonnie Bannon
Paul Newman - Hud Bannon

“You know something Fantan? This world is so full of crap, a man's gonna get into it sooner or later whether he's careful or not.”
Paul Newman - Hud Bannon

- Hud Bannon: Give me a clean white shirt.
- Alma Brown: Boy, you're real big with the "please" and "thank you," aren't you?
- Hud Bannon: Please get up off your lazy butt and get me a clean white shirt. Thank you.
Paul Newman - Hud Bannon
Patricia Neal - Alma Brown

“- Sarah Packard: How did you know my name was Sarah?
- Fast Eddie: You told me.
- Sarah Packard: I lie. When I'm drunk I lie.
- Fast Eddie: Okay, so what's your name today?
- Sarah Packard: Sarah.”
Piper Laurie - Sarah Packard
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson

“- Charlie Burns: How do you feel?
- Fast Eddie: Fast and loose, man.
- Charlie Burns: In the gut, I mean.
- Fast Eddie: I feel tight, but good.”
Myron McCormick - Charlie Burns
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson

“Maybe I'm not such a high-class piece of property right now. And a 25% slice of something big is better than a 100% slice of nothing.”
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson

“- Bert Gordon: I don't think there's a pool player alive shoots better pool than I saw you shoot the other night at Ames. You got talent.
- Fast Eddie: So I got talent. So what beat me?
- Bert Gordon: Character.”
George C. Scott - Bert Gordon
Paul Newman - Eddie Felson

“- Mel Ames: I know I've been a pain in the ass.
- Harry Ross: I don't mind. I didn't much like it when you shot me, though.”
Reese Witherspoon - Mel Ames
Paul Newman - Harry Ross

“- Michael Sullivan: He murdered Annie and Peter!
- John Rooney: There are only murderers in this room! Michael! Open your eyes! This is the life we chose, the life we lead. And there is only one guarantee: none of us will see heaven.
- Michael Sullivan: Michael could.
- John Rooney: Then do everything that you can to see that happens.”

Tom Hanks - Michael Sullivan
Paul Newman - John Rooney

“- Peter: If you're not a father to me, how come you're a grandfather to Will?
- Sully: 'cause you gotta start someplace.”
Dylan Walsh - Peter
Paul Newman - Sully

“- Butch Cassidy: You know, when I was a kid, I always thought I'd grow up to be a hero.
- The Sundance Kid: Well, it's too late now.
- Butch Cassidy: What'd you say that for? You didn't have to say something like that.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid

“You gotta have two things to win. You gotta have brains and you gotta have balls. Now, you got too much of one and not enough of the other.”

Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson

“People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.”
Paul Newman