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| Paul Newman | |
| Posted by: TimDunleavy 04:51 pm EDT 05/20/18 | |
| In reply to: Etiquette at Joe Allens - Naughty_Rob 11:38 am EDT 05/20/18 | |
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| I've told this story here before, but it bears repeating now. Back in the seventies, my dad and his business partner were on a business trip to San Francisco. One night they went to a restaurant, and as they were being seated, they noticed Paul Newman sitting a few tables away, dining and chatting with another man. "Let's go over and say hello!" said my dad's partner. "No, don't," said Dad. "Celebrities HATE being interrupted while they're eating." "But it's Paul Newman!" said the partner. "When are we ever going to have a chance to meet him again?" They argued about it, and in the middle of the argument, Paul and the man got up and left the restaurant. So they missed their chance. The very next night, Dad turned on "The Tonight Show," and Paul was the lead guest. At one point Johnny asked him "Is there anything you don't like about dealing with the public?" Paul replied, "Yeah, I can't STAND it when people interrupt me when I'm eating!" |
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| re: Paul Newman | |
| Last Edit: WaymanWong 05:18 pm EDT 05/20/18 | |
| Posted by: WaymanWong 05:17 pm EDT 05/20/18 | |
| In reply to: Paul Newman - TimDunleavy 04:51 pm EDT 05/20/18 | |
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| Paul Newman has said that he remembered the instant that he stopped giving autographs: “I was standing at a urinal in Sardi’s, and this guy came though the door with a piece of paper. I thought this was inappropriate. It wasn’t just an invasion of privacy. It was an invasion of purpose.” | |
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| Paul Newman at Sardi's | |
| Posted by: aleck 11:14 am EDT 05/21/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Paul Newman - WaymanWong 05:17 pm EDT 05/20/18 | |
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| In the late '70s I took my mother to Sardi's for dinner. As we were leaving I spotted Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward and a few other people (I think including Paul Zindel) at one of the front tables. I nudged my mother and told her that Paul Newman was there. "Where," she exclaimed. I indicated where he was sitting. Before I could stop her, she walked directly to the table and stood over him studying him like she was selecting something from a deli counter and then, apparently startled to discover how slight of build he was, turned around and in a voice louder than Ethel Merman encouraging Louise to sing out, she declared to the entire restaurant: "He doesn't even have shoulders." I did not step foot inside Sardi's again for 30 years. |
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| re: Paul Newman at Sardi's | |
| Posted by: Alcindoro 12:04 pm EDT 05/21/18 | |
| In reply to: Paul Newman at Sardi's - aleck 11:14 am EDT 05/21/18 | |
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| This sounds like one of those times when I would seriously wonder why it isn't possible for a child to put a parent up for adoption. | |
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