Paul Newman
Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newmanwas an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional racing driver and team owner, environmentalist, activist and philanthropist. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for his performance in the 1986 film The Color of Money, a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many honorary awards. Newman's other films include The Hustler, Cool Hand Luke, Butch Cassidy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Sting, and The...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth26 January 1925
CityShaker Heights, OH
CountryUnited States of America
The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play — characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.
The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it.
A man without enemies is a man without character.
If you have no enemies, you have no character.
I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.
If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.
A man with no enemies is a man with no character.
Each town has its own allure and it has its own character. This race would be different from Long Beach, it would be different from Edmonton, and you guys will put your own signature on it. It's a reciprocal trade agreement. Champ Car gets a great race, and you get a great three-day festival, so everybody wins,
Racing here for me is muscle memory. Running at the limit is just kind of average. You are always trying to go as fast as you can go. If you can do it one lap, the next lap can be just as easy until you get tired.
Costa Rica is a marvelous place to enter the atmosphere.
Three of us walked over there; I just carried the stuff back, ... They are getting along so they need all the help they can get.
From a human perspective, it's a little dismaying because this means there's still going to be higher levels of UV.
She was vibrant. She was stylish. She was tough. She was caring, and she will be sorely missed.
McDonald's new Asian Salad plus Newman's Own low fat Sesame Ginger salad dressing is a marriage of taste - just like mine.