Film Quotes by Paul Newman
151 quotes
Year: 1969
Director:
George Roy Hill
Director:
George Roy Hill
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Paul Newman
(as Butch Cassidy)
in
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
(1969)
Year: 1967
Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
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Paul Newman
(as Luke)
in
Cool Hand Luke
(1967)
Year: 1963
Director:
Martin Ritt
Director:
Martin Ritt
Hud Bannon:
You know something Fantan? This world is so full of crap, a man's gonna get into it sooner or later whether he's careful or not.
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Paul Newman
(as Hud Bannon)
in
Hud
(1963)
Year: 1967
Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
Captain, Road Prison 36:
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 bein' so good to me, cap'n.
Luke: Wish you'd stop bein' so good to me, cap'n.
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Paul Newman
(as Luke)
in
Cool Hand Luke
(1967)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Rossen
Director:
Robert Rossen
[Eddie watching Minnesota Fats during their first game, whispers to Charlie]
Fast Eddie: Boy, he is great! Jeez, that old fat man. Look at the way he moves: like a dancer... And those fingers, them chubby fingers. That stroke... it's like he's, uh, like he's playin' the violin or somethin'.
Fast Eddie: Boy, he is great! Jeez, that old fat man. Look at the way he moves: like a dancer... And those fingers, them chubby fingers. That stroke... it's like he's, uh, like he's playin' the violin or somethin'.
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Paul Newman
(as Eddie Felson)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Rossen
Director:
Robert Rossen
[in their $3,000 game, after Minnesota Fats breaks, it's Eddie's shot]
Fast Eddie: How should I play that one, Bert? Play it safe? That's the way you always told me to play it: safe... play the percentage. Well, here we go: fast and loose. One ball, corner pocket. Yeah, percentage players die broke, too, don't they, Bert? [he makes the shot and the spectators applaud] How can I lose?
Fast Eddie: How should I play that one, Bert? Play it safe? That's the way you always told me to play it: safe... play the percentage. Well, here we go: fast and loose. One ball, corner pocket. Yeah, percentage players die broke, too, don't they, Bert? [he makes the shot and the spectators applaud] How can I lose?
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Paul Newman
(as Eddie Felson)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Rossen
Director:
Robert Rossen
Sarah Packard: Eddie, look, I've got troubles... and I think maybe you've got troubles. Maybe it'd be better if we just leave each other alone.
Fast Eddie: I have my things over at the hotel. I'll bring them over later.
Sarah Packard: I'm not sure. I don't know.
Fast Eddie: Well, what do you want to know? And why?
Fast Eddie: I have my things over at the hotel. I'll bring them over later.
Sarah Packard: I'm not sure. I don't know.
Fast Eddie: Well, what do you want to know? And why?
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Paul Newman
(as Eddie Felson)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Rossen
Director:
Robert Rossen
Big John: You Eddie Felson.
Fast Eddie: Who's he?
Big John: What's your game? Whaddaya shoot?
Fast Eddie: You name it, we shoot it.
Big John: Look, friend, I'm not trying to hustle. I don't never hustle people that walk in a poolroom with leather satchels. Don't try to hustle me.
Fast Eddie: Okay, I'm Eddie Felson. I shoot straight pool.
Fast Eddie: Who's he?
Big John: What's your game? Whaddaya shoot?
Fast Eddie: You name it, we shoot it.
Big John: Look, friend, I'm not trying to hustle. I don't never hustle people that walk in a poolroom with leather satchels. Don't try to hustle me.
Fast Eddie: Okay, I'm Eddie Felson. I shoot straight pool.
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Paul Newman
(as Eddie Felson)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Rossen
Director:
Robert Rossen
Charlie Burns: How do you feel?
Fast Eddie: Fast and loose, man.
Charlie Burns: In the gut, I mean.
Fast Eddie: I feel tight, but good.
Fast Eddie: Fast and loose, man.
Charlie Burns: In the gut, I mean.
Fast Eddie: I feel tight, but good.
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Paul Newman
(as Eddie Felson)
in
The Hustler
(1961)
Year: 1961
Director:
Robert Rossen
Director:
Robert Rossen
Charlie Burns: Quiet.
Fast Eddie: Yeah, like a church. Church of the Good Hustle.
Charlie Burns: Looks more like a morgue to me. Those tables are the slabs they lay the stiffs on.
Fast Eddie: I'll be alive when I get out, Charlie.
Fast Eddie: Yeah, like a church. Church of the Good Hustle.
Charlie Burns: Looks more like a morgue to me. Those tables are the slabs they lay the stiffs on.
Fast Eddie: I'll be alive when I get out, Charlie.
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Paul Newman
(as Eddie Felson)
in
The Hustler
(1961)