Warren Beatty: The Legend Speaks
A sneak preview of the rare in-depth interview with the filmmaking icon from the November 2006 issue of Premiere, on sale October 10.
By Holly Millea
In his own words, Warren Beatty — and some significant others — reflect on his life, his loves, and his more than 45 years as a risk-taking actor, producer, writer, and director.
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Annette Bening and Warren Beatty at Premiere's Women in Hollywood event, where Bening was an honoree. For more pictures from Women in Hollywood, click here. Photo by Jennifer Cooper.
"It's difficult to exceed the narcissism of a liberal intellectual. A liberal intellectual always wants to say whatever it is he wants to say a little more interestingly than the last liberal intellectual. So by the time ten liberal intellectuals have stated their view on an issue, the listener can be quite confused, unlike the prescribed talking points that are dealt out from the top of the conservative movement. The liberal movement is not so efficiency-minded in the delivery of its agenda."
BEATTY ON WHY HE DOSN'T MAKE MORE MOVIES
"I used to say that for me, making a movie was like vomiting. I really did not look forward to it, but after I did it, I felt better. And when I have such a full life, as I do now, the periods of not wanting to vomit grow longer. Because when I vomit and then I'm producing and I'm directing and I'm writing and I'm acting and all of that nonsense, it's sometimes sickening."
BEATTY ON THE LAST TIME HE CRIED
"Well, the other night I had a dream that I went to pick up my 11-year-old [Ben] at camp and I hadn't seen him for four weeks and when I got there he had grown up, he was about 22. And I began to weep that I had missed that time. I woke up in the middle of that dream and I was weepy."
BONNIE AND CLYDE COWRITER ROBERT BENTON ON CASTING WITH BEATTY
"We were in New York to watch screen tests of possible Bonnies. We walked into this office building on Madison Avenue, and there was a model there, and she turned and saw Warren and Warren sort of started toward her and she backed up into the wall by the elevator. It was mesmerizing. She was totally his for the day. Warren had an unbelievable sense of women, and the what, and when, and where was astounding."
FREQUENT COSTAR GOLDIE HAWN ON BEATTY'S LOVE OF WOMEN
"Now, maybe he loved too many women in his early days. But it wasn't all about sexuality. It was about his tenderness. Warren by nature is a caretaker. Yes, he's maddening. Yes, he's stubborn. But the bottom line is the nature of that animal is good. His intentions are pure."
BEATTY ON ANNETTE BENING, WITH WHOM HE FINALLY TOOK THE MARITAL PLUNGE
"I was never divided on the subject with Annette. I was never divided on the subject of having a child. And I was never divided on the subject of her integrity. Or intelligence. Or capacity to love. I think talent is energy, and let's just say she's very talented. [laughs] See, I think that there's something in the unconscious that is the iceberg, and then there's the tip of the iceberg, that's the conscious. And when I met Annette, I thought, Oh, I see. Right away I thought, I think I have an idea of what's going to happen here."
Read the whole 12-page interview with Warren Beatty in the November issue of Premiere, on sale October 10.
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