A man with no enemies is a man with no character. Paul Newman More Quotes by Paul Newman More Quotes From Paul Newman I just hope when my body goes, or when my mind does, I have the guts to end it the way Hemingway did. I don't want anybody wiping drool off my chin. Paul Newman body mind doe I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher. Paul Newman expected actors teacher I will continue to get behind the wheel of a racing car as long as I am able. But that could all end tomorrow. Paul Newman car racing long The accusation is always on the first page, and the retraction on page 19. Paul Newman gossip pages firsts Acting isn't really a creative profession. It's an interpretative one. Paul Newman profession acting creative I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood. Paul Newman riding actors character It's absolutely amazing that I survived all the booze and smoking and the cars and the career. Paul Newman waking careers smoking We've polluted the stratosphere with these chlorine and bromine compounds, and because it's now colder, and because we have this change in the climate, we're getting more ozone loss than we would have gotten in a normal year. Paul Newman ozone loss years Admit it. I'm the best you ever seen, Fats. I'm the best there is. And even if you beat me, I'm still the best. Paul Newman fats beats stills It happens to everybody, horses, dogs, men. Nobody gets out of life alive. Paul Newman horse dog death Hollywood is a changing world these days. This is one of the things that ought to be changed. Paul Newman these-days hollywood world I believe there can be dignity in the acting profession. And I think there ought to be more dignity in the publicity an actor gets. Paul Newman acting believe thinking I had no natural gift to be anything - not an athlete, not an actor, not a writer, not a director, a painter of garden porches - not anything. So I've worked really hard, because nothing ever came easily to me. Paul Newman garden athlete directors I was terrorized by the emotional requirements of being an actor. Acting is like letting your pants down; you're exposed. Paul Newman emotional actors acting You can't be as old as I am without waking up with a surprised look on your face every morning. Paul Newman wake-up morning looks I started my career giving a clinic in bad acting in the film, "The Silver Chalice," and now I'm playing a crusty old man who's an animated automobile [in "Cars"]. That's a creative arc for you, isn't it? Paul Newman careers giving men I changed my life today. What did you do? Paul Newman changed-my-life changed today No sense in being a grifter if it's the same as being a citizen. Paul Newman citizens ifs Almost everything I learned about being an actor came from those early years at the Actor's Studio. Paul Newman studios actors years I have taken roads that I wished I had not traveled on. And I'm traveling on some pretty exciting ones, too. Just hope when you get to that great racetrack in the sky, that the balance will tip slightly into those things that you'd be proud of. Paul Newman balance taken sky