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
Ben: I know, and you don't listen, and neither did I.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
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
Ben: No, you won't. You'll miss me.
--Paul Newman (as Ben Quick) in The Long, Hot Summer
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 (as ) in 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 (as ) in Hombre
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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
--Paul Newman (as ) in The Prize
Emily Stratman: Greta Garbo.
Andrew Craig: Hmm. Mind if I call you Ingrid?
--Paul Newman (as ) in The Prize
Anthony Judson Lawrence:
I just learned the rules of the game.
--Paul Newman (as Anthony Judson Lawrence / Narrator) in The Young Philadelphians
--Paul Newman (as Anthony Judson Lawrence / Narrator) in The Young Philadelphians
