Paul Newman movie quotes

“Show me a good loser and I will show you a loser.”
Paul Newman

“Every time I get a script it's a matter of trying to know what I could do with it. I see colors, imagery. It has to have a smell. It's like falling in love. You can't give a reason why.”
Paul Newman

“If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.”
Paul Newman

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

“Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one.”
Paul Newman

Kid, the next time I say, "let's go someplace like Bolivia", let's go someplace like Bolivia.
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“Get ready for what's comin'. More speed, more horsepower. More of everything.”
Paul Newman - Doc Hudson

“You wanna save your marriage by robbing a bank. Why don't you go see a priest?”
Paul Newman - Henry

I stopped signing autographs after I was asked to sign one, while standing at a urinal in a restaurant. I was already quite cool about the idea after being asked for about the thousandth time, "Can you remove your sunglasses so we can see your blue eyes?" I started saying, "I'm so sorry, but if I take off my glasses, my pants fall down." Which... (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Newman

“- Koko: God, she don't know what she's doing.
- Luke: Oh boy, she knows exactly what she's doing. She's driving us crazy, and loving every minute of it!”

Lou Antonio - Koko
Paul Newman - Luke

“- Vincent Lauria: Hey Eddie, what are you going to do when I kick your ass?
- Fast Eddie Felson: Pick myself up and let you kick me again.”

Tom Cruise - Vincent Lauria
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson

“- Howard Keach: You know, looking for working can be a real gas.
- Harry Keach: You got something?
- Howard Keach: Yep, hope it isn't the clap.”
Robby Benson - Howard Keach
Paul Newman - Harry Keach

“- Megan Carter: I am free every night this week but Friday.
- Michael Colin Gallagher: How about Friday?
- Megan Carter: Okay!”
Sally Field - Megan
Paul Newman - Gallagher

“- Gov. Earl K. Long: What's bothering you?
- Blaze Starr: There's a lot of men who'd like to spend an afternoon with me, but apparently you're not one of them. I do not like to be left in the car like soiled merchandise. And I don't think a proper introduction is asking too much.
- Gov. Earl K. Long: A man in public office has to be discreet in...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Newman - Gov. Earl K. Long
Lolita Davidovich - Blaze Starr

“- Dragline: Nothin'. A handful of nothin'. You stupid mullet head. He beat you with nothin'. Just like today when he kept comin' back at me with nothin'.
- Luke: Yeah, well, sometimes nothin' can be a real cool hand.”

George Kennedy - Dragline
Paul Newman - Luke

“Honey, I'm playing brain dead, not brain damaged.”
Paul Newman - Henry

“What men do after work is what made us rich. No need to screw them at work as well.”
Paul Newman - John Rooney

“- Butch Cassidy: What happened to the old bank? It was beautiful.
- Guard: People kept robbing it.
- Butch Cassidy: Small price to pay for beauty.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Rico Cattani - Bank Guard

“Small town, not much to do in the evenin'.”

Paul Newman - Paul Newman

“- Doc Hudson: When was the last time you cared about something except yourself, hot rod? You name me one time and I will take it all back. Didn't think so. These are good folk around here, who care about one another. I don't want 'em depending on someone they can't count on.
- Lightning McQueen: Like you? You've been here how long and your...” (continue)(continue reading)
Paul Newman - Doc Hudson
Owen Wilson - Lightning McQueen

“- Reggie: Dave's out. Who's gonna take his place?
- Ned Braden: Is the answer Jesus?”

Paul Newman - Reggie
Michael Ontkean - Ned Braden

“We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law.”
Paul Newman - Frank Galvin

“- Captain: You gonna get used to wearin' them chains afer a while, Luke. Don't you never stop listenin' to them clinking. 'Cause they gonna remind you of what I been saying. For your own good.
- Luke: Wish you'd stop being so good to me, Captain.”
Strother Martin - Captain
Paul Newman - Luke

“- Etta Place: Sundance says it's because you're a soft touch, and always taking expensive vacations, and buying drinks for everyone, and you're a rotten gambler.
- Butch Cassidy: Well that might have something to do with it.”

Katharine Ross - Etta Place
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“- Fast Eddie Felson: You know what this is turning into?
- Vincent Lauria: What?
- Fast Eddie Felson: A waste of my time, and a waste of my money.”
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson
Tom Cruise - Vincent Lauria