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Newman’s wheels.

Paul Newman at a political benefit for Eugene McCarthy - April 1, 1968.

One time, always a little squirmy when it came to giving interviews, Paul Newman sat in the dining room of his Manhattan apartment and explained his press-shyness.  “After you’ve answered the same questions 134 times, it’s hard to come up with new answers,” he said.  “And that makes me feel dull.”  Just then his wife — who sometimes called him Sam Superstar — swept in and sensed a cue.  Said Joanne Woodward to her dazzling husband: “But you are dull.”