Word: newman
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...actually see him do the ice-water routine? No, dammit, tried like hell, in fact we hid a reporter in a clothes hamper, but he got hit in the face with a pair of pajamas just at the wrong moment. Newman says he soaked his face in ice water and sometimes still does, and he actually did it on the screen in Harper and The Sting. The story goes that he puts a rubber tube into his mouth and stays submerged for two to three minutes (although one press account has inflated the figure to 20 minutes...
...there is a possibility that Newman thought up the whole business just to con millions of middle-aged men into sticking their jowls into ice water every morning...
...loves directing his wife. "Given the right parts, she is a great actress. She can find so many different facets of herself to play. Those are two different people in Rachel, Rachel, and The Shadow Box. That is magic." He and Joanne also take pleasure in acting together, says Newman. "When we work together, we both know we can't get away with any old tricks, because the other one is sitting there nodding his head knowingly and saying, 'Yes, I seem to remember your doing that on the 28th page of The Helen Morgan Story. Newman, says...
...portrayer of loners is himself a loner who likes to be with people, but who says he has few friends. His pal Hotchner says that during an unproductive period in the late '70s, Newman seemed least glum bobbing around with him on Long Island Sound in a fishing boat they call Cocadetoro (in fractured Spanish, bullcrap). His bawdiness can be spectacular; and, says Susan, she and her sisters are constantly heading off raunchy stories with not-now-Dad looks flashed across the room. After years of complaining that Robert Altman's cheap white wine tasted like goat...
...participating in civil rights marches in 1963. He speaks out on the nuclear freeze and gay rights and why everyone should use seat belts, although he feels awkward doing it, because he thinks he should. After a frustrating nuclear-freeze debate on television recently with Hollywood conservative Charlton Heston, Newman was doubtful about his own effectiveness. But he is an experienced campaigner, and he soon cheered up. "I've done better and I've done worse, but in the final analysis, it was better than not doing anything at all." His interest in weapons control is longstanding...