Paul Newman taught Jake Gyllenhaal how not to drive
Paul Newman was also a friend of Jake Gyllenhaal’s family, and he reportedly taught him how not to drive.
When Jake Gyllenhaal was only 15, Newman took him to the racetrack and told him that this would be what he wouldn’t do. Young Jake got into the passenger seat, and Newman drove him close to a wall, which was too near for his liking. “This is what you don’t do,” says the tale.