Newman, from what I've read of the man, always seemed to have been a sincere guy, and in a rare-breed in Hollywood....not full of bullshit.

If anything, a turning-point movie that nobody ever talks about is TORN CURTAIN, and its not important because of the flick (its rather forgettable)....but because its when you had director Alfred Hitchcock of "Old Hollywood" having to deal with Newman, one of the big emerging screen actors of the "method" school of acting.

Unlike say Jimmy Stewart or Cary Grant, Newman questioned Hitch on his characterization, his motivation, and so on.

"I think Hitch and I could have really hit it off, but the script kept getting in the way." - Paul Newman