Robert Redford in The Way We Were (1973).
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“Lastly get emotionally connected to your story so you can deliver it, you know, if you can’t deliver the emotions to your script there’s no point to your story. Story is the key.”
Robert Redford
“Did women make much fuss before you were famous?”
“No! Where were they when I needed them?”
—Robert Redford, 1974
Paul Newman in The Young Philadelphians (1959).
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“I became fascinated by the fact that he had no interest in his beauty. It was depressing, because he wanted to plaster his hair down and play the nerd.”—director of Barefoot in the Park
Robert Redford Biography
Paul Newman greets Robert Redford in The Sting (1973).
I owe fans the best performance I can give; I owe them an appearance on my set exactly on time; I owe them trying to work for the best I can, not just for money. But if somebody says that what I owe him is to stand up against a wall and take off my dark glasses so he can take a picture of my eyes, then I say, ‘No, I don’t owe you that.’ I try not to be hurtful. I say something like, ‘If I take off my glasses, my pants will fall down.’
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Couple Profile: Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward
Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward will forever be my favorite couple. Among the Hollywood elite of scattered broken marriages and messy affairs, they were married for fifty years. They just seemed like a normal happy pair who loved each other and who also happened to be famous movie stars.
By the time Paul Newman passed away in 2008, they lived in their quiet farmhouse in Connecticut for 48 years.
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"There is a point where feelings go beyond words. I have lost a real friend. My life - and this country - is better for his being in it."
- Robert Redford speaking about his close friend and co-star, Paul Newman, after Newman’s 2008 death.
"Our father was a rare symbol of selfless humility, the last to acknowledge what he was doing was special. Intensely private, he quietly succeeded beyond measure in impacting the lives of so many with his generosity."
- The five daughters of Paul Newman - Susan, Stephanie, Nell, Melissa and Clea - speak about their father after his 2008 death.
"Yes, his eyes were that blue and beautiful….[but] his legacy as a humanitarian for children around the world is unmatchable."
- Eva Marie Saint on Paul Newman, her Exodus and Our Town co-star, after his death in 2008.
"Paul Newman’s craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all."
- Robert Forrester, vice chairman of Newman’s Own Foundation.
"I was blessed to have know him. The world is better because of him. Sometimes God makes perfect people and Paul Newman was one of them."
- Sally Field, speaking about her Absence of Malice co-star, Paul Newman, upon his September 2008 death.
If Steve McQueen were to have one rival, it would be the legendary heartthrob Paul Newman. McQueen had first met Newman on the set of Somebody Up There Likes Me, where he took on a small, uncredited role. While Newman was already well on his way to becoming an established actor, Steve still had a couple of years to go before he got his first leading role in The Blob and an even longer way to go before reaching worldwide recognition.
By late 60s they had both become household names. McQueen was offered the role of Butch Cassidy and Newman the role of The Sundance Kid in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid but when the roles switched and Steve no longer had top billing, he dropped out of the film and the role eventually went to Robert Redford. In 1974 Steve had acted alongside Newman in The Towering Inferno where Steve had received top billing. The director of the film recalls that the two generally avoided each other on the set and sneaked around each other’s back.
However, Neile Adams says,
“…they were friends… Friendly rivals they were.”
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Paul’s father, Arthur, was a partner in a successful sporting goods company and an intimidating figure to the young Paul, who considered his father both brilliant and emotionally reticent. For the rest of his life, he would speak admiringly of Art’s bookish intelligence, his high moral standards, his discreetly but firmly held convictions, his gentle sense of humor, his diligence, and especially his impeccable reputation for honesty and integrity. In 1950, Arthur Newman died, having never seen his son perform professionally.
“He treated me like he was disappointed in me a lot of the time,” Newman recalled later of his father, “and he had every right to be. I wanted desperately to show him that somehow, somewhere along the line I could cut the mustard. And I never got a chance. One of the great anguishes of my life is that he didn’t see my success.”
