Paul Newman Character Quotations

If you don't have enemies, you don't have character.

I was always a character actor. I just looked like Little Red Riding Hood.

A man with no enemies is a man with no character.

If you have no enemies, you have no character.

A man without enemies is a man without character.

The characters I have the least in common with are the ones I have the greatest success with. The further a role is from my own experience, the more I try to deepen it.

The first time I remember women reacting to me was when we were filming Hud in Texas. Women were literally trying to climb through the transoms at the motel where I stayed. At first, it's flattering to the ego. At first. Then you realize that they're mixing me up with the roles I play — characters created by writers who have nothing to do with who I am.