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PASSAGE SEVENTY-NINE

A New Friend

1.I first met Paul Newman in 1968, when George Roy Hill, the director of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, introduced us in New York City.

2.When the studio didn’t want me for the film—it wanted somebody as well known as Paul—he stood up for me.

3.I don’t know how many people would have done that; they would have listened to their agents or the studio powers.

4.The friendship that grew out of the experience of making that film and The Sting four years later had its root in the fact that although there was an age difference, we both came from a tradition of theater and live TV.

5.We were respectful of craft and focused on digging into the characters we were going to play.

6.Both of us had the qualities and virtues that are typical of American actors: humorous, aggressive, and making fun of each other—but always with an underlying affection. Those were also at the core of our relationship off the screen.

7.We shared the brief that if you’re fortunate enough to have success, you should put something back—he with his Newman’s Own food and his Hole in the Wall camps for kids who are seriously ill, and me with Sundance and the institute and the festival.

8.Paul and I didn’t see each other all that regularly, but sharing that brought us together. We supported each other financially and by showing up at events.

9.I last saw him a few months ago. He’d been in and out of the hospital. He and I both knew what the deal was, and we didn’t talk about it. Ours was a relationship that didn’t need a lot of words.

第七十九篇

好朋友

1.我第一次见到保罗·纽曼是在1968年，当时《虎豹小霸王》的导演乔治·罗伊·希尔在纽约介绍了我们。

2.当制片厂不想让我拍电影的时候，他们想要像保罗这样有名的人，他为我挺身而出。

3.我不知道有多少人会这么做;他们会听从经纪人或制片厂的意见。

4.我们的友谊源于四年后拍摄那部电影和《毒刺》的经历，它的根源在于，尽管我们年龄不同，但我们都来自戏剧和电视直播的传统。

5.我们尊重工艺，专注于挖掘我们将要扮演的角色。

6.我们俩都有典型的美国演员的品质和美德:幽默、好斗、互相取笑，但总是带着一种潜在的感情。这些也是我们银幕外关系的核心。

7.我们分享了一个简短的想法，如果你足够幸运，取得了成功，你应该回报一些东西，他为纽曼自己的食物和为重病儿童举办的“墙洞”营地，我为圣丹斯电影节、学院和电影节做贡献。

8.保罗和我并不经常见面，但分享这些让我们走到了一起。我们在经济上互相支持，并出席各种活动。

9.我最后一次见到他是几个月前。他经常进出医院。他和我都知道是怎么回事，但我们没谈过。我们的关系不需要太多的言语。