Baby Boomers, What Do You Most Remember About Paul Newman?
Paul Newman died Friday of cancer at the age of 83. It’s hard to imagine this world without Paul Newman in it. He was not only a great movie actor, but he was a humanitarian, a businessman, and, in a culture where people get divorced at the drop of a hat, he was married to actres Joanne Woodward for more than 50 years. He once said, “why go out for hamburger when you can get steak at home?” Classy guy.
What do you most remember about him?
His hit movies - like Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid? Hud? Cool Hand Luke? The Sting?
His salad dressing? (I have a bottle in my refrigerator right now, along with some really good cookies with the “Newman’s Own” name on them)
His race car driving?
I most remember his beautiful blue eyes. The grabbed you and wouldn’t let go.
I also remember a little known movie of Newman’s called The Verdict _(1982), in which he plays a run-down drunk of a lawyer who gets involved as the lawyer for a plaintiff in a malpractice case. I used to play the movie in my Business Law classes, and I never got tired of seeing him act - he was nominated for a best actor Oscar for the role; it’s worth seeing if you haven’t already seen it.
What do you remember about Paul Newman?
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1 opinion for Baby Boomers, What Do You Most Remember About Paul Newman?
Belinda
Oct 14, 2008 at 2:23 am
Paul Newman was to me undoubtably a ” drop-dead gorgeous ” specimen of a man. He appeared to have been chiseled by the angels-and as if in fear that their handiwork might somehow escape notice, they placed the most beguiling and incomparably dazzling set of sparkling aquamarine jewels in the hollows where mere mortals have eyes. Based on outward appearance alone, one might think Mr. Newman had every reason to be a vain man, a narcissist even. It seems as though nothing could have been farther from the truth. While he could certainly have rested on his preeminence among the “beautiful people”, he NEVER DID. He seemed even slightly amused that his fans would consider him a SEX-SYMBOL. He was much more than the sum of his physical parts. He was what I think of as a true “EVERYMAN”. He was down-to-earth, and most memorable to me for his choice of roles in Hollywood. He was ” THE STAR” in any given performance, but he never made it seem so, and THAT’S what makes him most memorable to me.
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