Paul Newman movie quotes

“- Gov. Earl K. Long: Hey, Doc. I love you.
- Blaze Starr: I love you, too. You gotta promise me something.
- Gov. Earl K. Long: Hmm?
- Blaze Starr: We get married right after this election's over.
- Gov. Earl K. Long: Trust me.”
Paul Newman - Gov. Earl K. Long
Lolita Davidovich - Blaze Starr

“- The Sundance Kid: Well, I think I'll get saddled up and go looking for a woman.
- Butch Cassidy: Good hunting.
- The Sundance Kid: Shouldn't take more than a couple of days. I'm not picky. As long as she's smart, pretty, and sweet, and gentle, and tender, and refined, and lovely, and carefree.”
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“When you're dead, you stay dead. Don't believe me, ask Waring Hudsucker.”

Paul Newman - Sidney J. Mussburger

Earl Kemp Long. Some people call me "unkempt" Long.
Paul Newman - Gov. Earl K. Long

“Sit down, son. Go ahead. Try it on. Put your feet up. Go ahead. Let's get to know one another, shall we? Let's chat man to man. Now then, you're from the basement aren't you, and not blessed with much education?”

Paul Newman - Sidney J. Mussburger

“I want you to meet the finest yes-men in Lousiana and their lovely wives.”

Paul Newman - Gov. Earl K. Long

“- The Sundance Kid: You remember the time you and me and Etta went to Denver one summer for a vacation?
- Butch Cassidy: I'm glad you brought that up, Kid. That's an important topic, considering our situation.
- The Sundance Kid: The night we went gambling, you remember?
- Butch Cassidy: We had dinner at the hotel. Etta had roast beef and I had...” (continue)(continue reading)

Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“Boy, I got vision, and the rest of the world wears bifocals.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

“- Toby Roebuck: Oh, you're a man among men, Sully.
- Sully: Well, thanks.
- Toby Roebuck: That wasn't a compliment!”
Melanie Griffith - Toby Roebuck
Paul Newman - Sully

“I can always go back to whiskey, it's been very good to me.”
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson

“Gotta come down out of the clouds gentlemen, and get into the business... of winning the war.”
Paul Newman - Gen. Leslie R. Groves

“- Sully: A condemned man has a right to a last request doesn't he? I got my truck out back whaddya say we get in the back get naked and see where it goes from there?
- Birdy: Ok.
- Sully: Haven't you got any pride?
- Birdy: Go to jail, Sully, it's where you belong.”
Paul Newman - Sully
Margo Martindale - Birdy

“It's all about ass, isn't it? Either you kick it... or you lick it.”
Paul Newman - Gen. Leslie R. Groves

“- Butch Cassidy: We could fight, they'll stay right where they are and starve us out. Or go for position, shoot us. Might even get a rock slide started, get us that way. What else can they do?
- The Sundance Kid: They could surrender to us, but I wouldn't count on that.”
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy
Robert Redford - The Sundance Kid

“- Etta Place: Do you ever wonder if I'd met you first, we'd be the ones to get involved?
- Butch Cassidy: But we are involved, Etta. Don't you know that? I mean you are riding on my bicycle... in some Arabian countries that's the same as being married.”
Katharine Ross - Etta Place
Paul Newman - Butch Cassidy

You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true". And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless.
Paul Newman - Frank Galvin

“- Frank Galvin: I changed my life today, what did you do?
- Laura Fischer: I changed my room at the hotel.
- Frank Galvin: Why did you do that?
- Laura Fischer: TV didn't work.”
Paul Newman - Frank Galvin
Charlotte Rampling - Laura Fischer

“- Sully: Which one of your fancy doctors advised you to drink, smoke, and screw your brains out?
- Carl Roebuck: Those are unreasonable requests Sully. They wouldn't of made 'em if they didn't know me.
- Sully: If they'd known ya, they wouldn't have fixed ya.”
Paul Newman - Sully
Bruce Willis - Carl Roebuck

“- Sully: What's the matter with you?
- Wirf: I'm trying to communicate with you telepathically.
- Carl Roebuck: Forget about it. The only way to communicate with Sully's to whack him in the head with a shovel.”
Paul Newman - Sully
Gene Saks - Wirf
Bruce Willis - Carl Roebuck

“- James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: You're a smart man, Mr. Gallagher. I'm pretty smart myself. Don't get too smart.
- Michael Colin Gallagher: Everybody in this room is smart, and everybody was just doing their job, and Teresa Perrone is dead. Who do I see about that?
- James A. Wells, Assistant U.S. Attorney General: Ain't...” (continue)(continue reading)
Wilford Brimley - Wells
Paul Newman - Gallagher

“- Luke: I can eat fifty eggs.
- Dragline: Nobody can eat fifty eggs.
- Society Red: You just said he could eat anything.
- Dragline: Did you ever eat fifty eggs?
- Luke: Nobody ever eat fifty eggs.
- Prisoner: Hey, Babalugats. We got a bet here.”
Paul Newman - Luke
George Kennedy - Dragline

“- Carl Roebuck: Sixty years old and still getting crushes on other men's wives. I would hope by the time I'm your age, I'm a little smarter than that.
- Sully: Can't hurt to hope. You sure are off to a slow start.”
Bruce Willis - Carl Roebuck
Paul Newman - Sully

“- Michael Colin Gallagher: Why aren't you married?
- Megan Carter: How do you know I'm not?
- Michael Colin Gallagher: I don't see a ring.
- Megan Carter: Haven't you heard of women's lib?
- Michael Colin Gallagher: Most of them are ugly.
- Megan Carter: Is that supposed to be a compliment?”
Paul Newman - Gallagher
Sally Field - Megan

“- Dragline: Why you got to go and say fifty eggs for? Why not thirty-five or thirty-nine?
- Luke: I thought it was a nice round number.”

George Kennedy - Dragline
Paul Newman - Luke

“- Vincent Lauria: This is my job, Eddie.
- Fast Eddie Felson: You think so? That's funny. I don't think so. I think it's your problem.”

Tom Cruise - Vincent Lauria
Paul Newman - Fast Eddie Felson