UPaul Newman umemezele izolo ngoLwesihlanu ukuthi ngeke esakwazi ukudlala e-cinema, ngoba oneminyaka engu-82 ngeke esakwazi "ukusebenza more like isenzorUthe engxoxweni lapho, ngamazwi angagwegwesi nangephimbo eliphukile, indoda eqoqe abaqokwe abangu-10 be-Oscar ivume isisindo sayo.
«Angisatholakali ukusebenza njengomlingisi nokuba sezingeni engilifisayo"Ugcizelele engxoxweni abe nayo nenethiwekhi yethelevishini yaseMelika i-ABC. Umlingiswa oyinhloko we-'The color of money' wagomela: «Uqala ukulahlekelwa inkumbulo yakho, uqala ukulahlekelwa ukuzethemba kwakho, ikhono lakho lokusungula«. Kukho konke lokhu, «Ngicabanga ukuthi lesi yisahluko esivaliwe kimina".
UNewman, umnqobi ohlonishwayo we-Oscar, waphila ezikhathini zenkazimulo futhi igama lakhe labhalwa enkumbulweni ehlangene ngendima yakhe eyinkanyezi ethi 'Two men and a destiny' (1969) kanye ne-'The coup' (1973), eceleni kukaRobert Redford. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe uthole amagama ayisishiyagalolunye aqokwe njengomlingisi ohamba phambili noma osekelayo, ekwazile ukuwina isifanekiso ngendima yakhe njengo-Eddie Felson ku-'The Color of Money' ngo-1986, unyaka owodwa nje ethole indondo ye-Oscar ngomsebenzi wakhe.