Newman's piercing bright blue eyes were a huge part of what made him so strikingly handsome, but in Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man, he discusses feeling as if his looks were obscuring his hard work.
"You work what you consider pretty hard at your craft, and you're getting to the point where you're just starting to feel kind of good about yourself, and then somebody says, 'Oh, God, take off your sunglasses so I can see your baby-blue eyes!
Who has the most famous blue eyes in movie history?
Paul Newman – Superstar, screen figure, sex-symbol and the man with the most famous blue eyes in movie history… Paul Newman's piercing blue eyes didn't really get noticed until 1961, when he played Fast Eddie in The Hustler.
He was born in Shaker Heights, Ohio. His mother was a Slovak; his father was a Jew who had one parent from Hungary and the other from Poland. He considered himself Jewish and would have been accepted as one by other Jewish movements.
After Newman graduated from Shaker Heights High School in 1943, he joined the Navy's V-12 program at Yale University in the hopes of becoming a pilot. His hopes were dashed, however, when it was discovered that he was color blind.
We will go through his films, his passions, his political views and civic battles, to discover the life and personality of the actor, the family man, and the philanthropist, hiding behind his blue eyes.
Newman's spokesman told the press that the star was "doing nicely", but neither confirmed nor denied that he had cancer. The actor was a heavy cigarette smoker until he quit in 1986. Newman died at his home in Westport, Connecticut on the morning of September 26, 2008.
In many ways, their on-screen chemistry was only heightened by their off-screen antics together. The fact that both actors were legends in their own rights only added to the colossal force that the pair was together.
Blue-eyed genes originated in the Black Sea region. The earliest known example was a man found in La Brana cave in Spain. The guy was dark-skinned and had curly hair. Blue-eyed genes spread across Europe through Anatolia and the Mediterranean.
When you think of actors with heterochromia, Kate Bosworth may be the first person that comes to mind. In one of Kate Bosworth's eyes, the bottom portion of the iris is a hazel mixture of green, brown and amber. This differs from the blue in the rest of the iris and her other eye.
"Our culture often idolizes a 'blond-haired, blue-eyed' person; this has been emphasized in movies and the media for decades," she tells mbg. "As such, the 'fun' and 'sexy' aspects attributed to a blue-eyed person are certainly a result of the heavy media influences."
He was goodness and kindness and pure integrity," she said in a statement. "Knowing him, being his friend, was as golden as the sunset and a privilege I'll never forget." A Newman spokesman said memorial services for the actor, who died on Friday of cancer at age 83, would be private.
Willis and his most famous character, New York cop John McClane, were both smokers when the first Die Hard was released in 1988. Now, both steer clear of nicotine; there is no lighting up in the franchise's latest instalment A Good Day to Die Hard, which opens today. "I had a problem with smoking," Willis admitted.
Newman died, of cancer, in 2008. About ten years later, some of his children (he had six altogether; his only son died in 1978) approached Ethan Hawke to discuss making a documentary.
The world's documented longest-living person, Jeanne Calment, was a smoker for most of her life, and another claimant to the title is said to smoke a pack a day.
Reeves was diagnosed with dyslexia as a child. The traditional school setting became a formidable challenge over time, and he eventually dropped out of high school. But Reeves parlayed his love of stories into a career acting in them.
What's caused the stains? Well, Keanu has been captured on camera smoking and enjoying his sodas, both major causes of tooth stains. Aging can also affect tooth enamel, causing it to yellow. The combination of years and use have turned Keanu's teeth into great candidates for cosmetic dentistry.
The compound, named "keanumycins" after the actor, fights against plant fungal diseases and human-pathogenic fungi. It is harmless to plant and human cells, making it an environmentally friendly alternative to chemical pesticides, according to the press release.
