Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
The Leading Man
Paul Newman: Him With His Foot to the Floor
Lessons in the stubborn art of high performance
June
1
1988
LEE EISENBERG
Bruce Weber
Paul Newman: Him With His Foot to the Floor
LEE EISENBERG
June
1
1988
View Article Pages
The Leading Man
Paul Newman: Him With His Foot to the Floor
Lessons in the stubborn art of high performance
June
1
1988
LEE EISENBERG
Bruce Weber
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
THE CHAMPION
Edwin Moses
June
1988
By
MARK KRAM
POLITICS
Mario Cuomo: Too Smart To Be President?
June
1988
By
ANDREW KOPKIND
The Craftsman
Morgan Freeman
June
1988
By
JOHN LOMBARDI
ESSAY
How Much Money Is Enough?
June
1988
By
GUY MARTIN
ESSAY
The Best Is Yet To Be?
June
1988
By
PETE HAMILL
Essay
Where Are We Going?
June
1988
By
PETER DAVIS
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
THE CHAMPION
Edwin Moses
June
1988
By
MARK KRAM
POLITICS
Mario Cuomo: Too Smart To Be President?
June
1988
By
ANDREW KOPKIND
The Craftsman
Morgan Freeman
June
1988
By
JOHN LOMBARDI
Features
FEATURES
Pop Life
SUMMER 2022
Articles
Laugh at This Negro, But Darkly
NOVEMBER 1964
By
Mel Gussow
HOLLYWOOD
Mr. Lewis Is A Pussycat
NOVEMBER, 1962
By
PETER BOGDANOVICH
Hollywood
The Industry
Lucas Strikes Back
June 2004
By
KIM MASTERS
The Screen
The Gospel According to Homer
JULY 1999
By
Tom Carson
Welcome to Goslingland
SEPTEMBER 2011
By
TOM CHIARELLA
LEE EISENBERG
FEATURES
My Night as a Beer Guy
MARCH l980
By
Lee Eisenberg
FEATURES
Night Climbing
JULY 1982
By
Lee Eisenberg
Trailblazers
Extending Our Horizons
DECEMBER 1983
By
LEE EISENBERG
Bruce Weber
Man At His Best
Giving Good Cheer
DECEMBER 1982
By
Bruce Weber
Man at His Best
The Piña Colada: a Short Story
AUGUST 1984
By
Bruce Weber
THE DRINKING MAN
Blending with the Times
JULY 1985
By
Bruce Weber
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published