Paul Newman
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"Paul Leonard Newman" was an American actor, film director, entrepreneur, professional racing driver, auto racing team owner, environmentalist, social activist and philanthropist. He won numerous awards, including an Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the 1986 Martin Scorsese film The Color of Money and eight other nominations, six Golden Globe/Golden Globe Awards (including three honorary ones), a BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, a Cannes Film Festival/Cannes Film Festival Award, an Emmy Award, and many honorary awards. He also won several national championships as a driver in Sports Car Club of America road racing, and his race teams won several championships in open wheel racing/open wheel Champ Car/IndyCar racing.

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I picture my epitaph: "Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown".

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The embarrassing thing is that the salad dressing is outgrossing my films.

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If you're playing a poker game and you look around the table and and can't tell who the sucker is, it's you.

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People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.

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You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning: 'Holy Christ, whaddya know - I'm still around!' It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career.

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Money won is twice as sweet as money earned.

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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.

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You only grow when you are alone.

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To be an actor you have to be a child.

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