And He Was Modest and a Philanthropist!

From (where else?) The Economist:

"THE eyes were blue. Cornflower blue, steel blue, ice blue. ... Paul Newman himself thought little of them. He hid them behind sunglasses, and sometimes asked his fans whether this was all they valued him for. His epitaph, he once said, should be 'Here lies Paul Newman, who died a failure because his eyes turned brown.'"

I remember watching The Sting for the first time as a little girl. I watched it with my father, and it was a very special occurrence because it was one of my first "grown up" movies (i.e. I was allowed to watch it despite the women on the carousel). Perhaps this was the origin of my fascination with poker...