"I never ask my wife about my flaws. Instead I try to get her to ignore them and concentrate on my sense of humor. You don't want any woman to look under the carpet because there's lots of flaws underneath. Joanne believes my character in a film we did together, "Mr. and Mrs. Bridge" comes closest to who I really am. I personally don't think there's one character who comes close... but I learned a long time ago not to disagree on things that I don't have a solid opinion about."
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Quoted in Craig Modderno, "Newman remains animated at 81," Reuters (12 June 2006)
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Paul Newman
Paul Leonard Newman (26 January 1925 – 26 September 2008) was an American actor and film director. He won numerous awards, including Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards, Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Cannes Film Festival Award and an Emmy award. A star actor by the late 1950s, he was also the founder of Newman's Own, a food company that donates all profits and royalties to charity.
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