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"I've been trying to quit almost everything I do for the last 10 years, and I've managed to quit absolutely nothing." Paul Newman

Award winning actor and director Paul Newman, who has stayed in the spotlight for playing such outstanding starring roles as Butch Cassidy in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969, also starring Robert Redford), received critical acclaim for starring in Martin Scorsese's The Color of Money (1988, co-starring Tom Cruise) and directing Rachel, Rachel (1968, starring wife Joanne Woodward). A respected, admired actor since the 1950s and the winner of an honorary Oscar for his "many and memorable and compelling screen performances" (1985), Newman may be best remembered for ac ..[Full version]