Rolling
Stone, 5 July 1973, p. 44
The
Redoubtable Mr. Newman
By
Grover Lewis
[Actor
Paul Newman:] "Geez, ego is a very peculiar thing, you know it? I remember
I was on a skiing trip in Switzerland
once, and six or eight people were having dinner with me in a cafe. Our waiter
kept staring at me, and finally he walked over and slapped me on the back --
practically knocked me out of the chair -- and said, 'I couldn't think of your
name, but you're Steve McQueen, aren't you?' And I said, 'Oh, yeah, pal.' He said, 'God, I really love
your pictures. The Reivers -- I thought you were great in that.' I said,
'Thank you very much.' When the bill came, I left the guy a dime tip. So
McQueen's name in Switzerland
is mud."
