Warren Beatty quotes

You've achieved success in your field when you don't know whether what you're doing is work or play. (Warren Beatty)
My notion of a wife at 40 is that a man should be able to change her, like a bank note, for two 20s. View quote
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To say that people would cease to come to California if they would have to pay more taxes is to underestimate the advantages of being in California - mightily. View quote
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Organized labor, if they're doing a responsible job, is going to organize the pooling of small amounts of money to protect the interests of the people who are not rich. View quote
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema. View quote
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I was friends with President Ronald Reagan and he once said to me, 'I don't know how anybody can serve in public office without being an actor.' View quote
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Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius. View quote
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And then the conditions of safety - or lack of safety - for teachers in public schools, and the disparity between public schools and private schools is shameful. View quote
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For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship. View quote
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My mother and my father were teachers. My grandmother and my grandfather were teachers. This is something I really know about. Even when I was a kid, it was a profession my father couldn't stay in, because he couldn't make enough money. View quote
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Being here allows me to make the case that not all aging, narcissistic movie actors whose children could be mistaken for their grandchildren necessarily act with the same motivation. (Warren Beatty)
I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to. View quote
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When you mutilate movies for mass media, you tamper with the hearts and minds of America. View quote
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Although Ronald Reagan was somebody I disagreed with on most ideological things, he was a friend of mine, and he was a very, very likable man. Ronald Reagan, for instance, was maybe more able to get the very rich to do the right thing sometimes. View quote
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And the success of the union movement, historically, has always been to benefit all working men and women - not just people who belong to the union. View quote
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Government is not show business. View quote
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Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer. View quote
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That's all gone, now, the old, Hollywood. View quote
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Lenin said that people vote with their feet. Well, that's what's happening. They either go, or they don't go. It's all politics. It's all demographics. View quote
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There's no point in making a movie just to be making a movie. View quote
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I don't want to run for governor, but I don't think anyone should put public service out of the question because that's not what a good citizen does. (Warren Beatty)
I believe if a private citizen is able to affect public opinion in a constructive way he doesn't have to be an elected public servant to perform a public service. View quote
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican. View quote
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In a way, I'd rather ride down the street on a camel than give what is sometimes called an in-depth interview. I'd rather ride down the street on a camel nude. In a snowstorm. Backwards. View quote
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To denigrate the union movement in this way is to denigrate the right and the ability of people who are not rich to organize and to accomplish things together. View quote
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