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Film Quotes by Paul Newman

151 quotes
The Long, Hot Summer
Year: 1958

Director:
Martin Ritt
Will Varner: I get preached to on Sundays
Ben: I know, and you don't listen, and neither did I.
-- Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
The Long, Hot Summer
Year: 1958

Director:
Martin Ritt
Will Varner: I got influence. I'll dog you, boy, wherever you go. I'll break you.
Ben: No, you won't. You'll miss me.
-- Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer (1958)
The Prize
Year: 1963

Director:
Mark Robson
Emily Stratman: Am I keeping you awake?
Andrew Craig: Just barely.
Hombre
Year: 1967

Director:
Martin Ritt
Mexican Bandit: [coming up the hill, waving a red handkerchief tied to a stick] Hey, hombre!
John Russell: [Russell finishes loading his rifle and goes to see what the Mexican Bandit wants]
Mexican Bandit: Look amigo, how close you come!
[indicating the wound on his stomach]
John Russell: I tried to do better; I think you moved.
Mexican Bandit: You can be sure I move! How do you prefer them, eh, tied to a tree?
John Russell: That'd be nice.
Mexican Bandit: You like to pull the trigger, eh?
John Russell: I can do it again for you.
-- Paul Newman in Hombre (1967)
Sweet Bird of Youth
Year: 1962

Director:
Richard Brooks
Scotty: Leroy, did you know this is Chance Wayne... the famous Hollywood and Broadway celebrity?
Leroy: Really?
Bud: Sure. All bartenders become movie stars. Right, Chance?
Chance Wayne: Oh, well. What he's trying to say is that I had your job for too long.
-- Paul Newman (as Chance Wayne) in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Sweet Bird of Youth
Year: 1962

Director:
Richard Brooks
Dr. George Scudder: [He's just observed Chance popping a pill] What is that you just took?
Chance Wayne: [Indifferently] A pill.
Dr. George Scudder: What kind of pill?
Chance Wayne: Oh, Benny. Benzedrine.
Dr. George Scudder: On prescription?
Chance Wayne: Yeah, sort of...
Chance Wayne: [Cynically] A goofball makes the world keep its balance.
-- Paul Newman (as Chance Wayne) in Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)
Harper
Year: 1966

Director:
Jack Smight
Deputy Sheriff: Okay, put them up.
Lew Harper: Put what up?
-- Paul Newman in Harper (1966)
Cool Hand Luke
Year: 1967

Director:
Stuart Rosenberg
Arletta: Why, we always thought you was strong enough to carry it. Was we wrong?
Luke: I don't know. Well, things are just never the way they seem, Arletta, you know that. A man's just gotta go his own way.
-- Paul Newman (as Luke) in Cool Hand Luke (1967)
The Prize
Year: 1963

Director:
Mark Robson
Andrew Craig: You speak very good English for a non-drinker, Miss?
Emily Stratman: Greta Garbo.
Andrew Craig: Hmm. Mind if I call you Ingrid?
The Young Philadelphians
Year: 1959

Director:
Vincent Sherman
Anthony Judson Lawrence: I just learned the rules of the game.
-- Paul Newman (as Anthony Judson Lawrence / Narrator) in The Young Philadelphians (1959)