Paul Newman ( 26/01/1925 - 26/09/2008)

But when my character is in a rage at being outdone in his own lecture hall by Pesci, I finally look him in the eye. An electrical switch is turned on and I start to get his energy, which is formidable. Later, Paul Newman rang. When I told him what I´d done, he said, "Well, that´s the wole fun of acting, finding out all these things with other people. I´ve never understood how you loners do it."

Gore Vidal, Palimpsest - A memoir