I don't like gossip stories. Facts are okay. But when gossips begin making items, that's something else again.

Husbands and wives should have separate interests, cultivate different sets of friends and not impose on the other... You can't spend a lifetime breathing down each other's necks... We are very, very different people and yet somehow we fed off those varied differences and instead of separating us, it has made the whole bond a lot stronger.

I certainly never expected to be a professional actor. I never expected to be in movies. I thought I would probably become a teacher.

I picture my epitaph: 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.

In the early days of films, the movie star in this country replaced royalty. They've been demoted since then but they're still treated as beings larger than life.

An actor has to evaluate his own abilities and be honest with himself.

People stay married because they want to, not because the doors are locked.