Paul Newman

"I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor. You don't want any woman to look under the carpet because there's lots of flaws undern…"

"I cannot bear to look at a film that I made before 1990. Maybe 1985. There's no sense even trying to explain it. I really just can't watch myself. I see all the machinery at work and it just drives me…"

"I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed."

"It's all been a bad joke that just ran out of control. I got into food for fun but the business got a mind of its own. Now — my good Lord — look where it has gotten me. My products are on supermarket …"

"Twenty-five years ago I couldn't walk down the street without being recognized. Now I can put a cap on, walk anywhere and no one pays me any attention. They don't ask me about my movies and they don't…"

"Men experience many passions in a lifetime. One passion drives away the one before it."

"I don't think there's anything exceptional or noble in being philanthropic. It's the other attitude that confuses me."

"Just when things look darkest, they go black."