Quotes by Warren Beatty

32 quotes by Warren Beatty

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.

Quote about things, man

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.

Quote about union, nation

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.

Quote about safety, public, teachers

And we know where the energy of the Republican Party lies - on the far right.

Arnold has had his spokesman call me a crackpot. That was a mistake.

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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.

Quote about motivation, actors, children, being

But I made... ah, several pictures and then it got to the point where I would have to make a good picture or get myself into trouble.

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But the Republican right-wing agenda, these people - Arnold and his patrons - felt it could be accomplished by circumventing the Legislature and spending money and organizing and giving sound bites.

Quote about money, nation

But... the old Hollywood, they worked all the time. I don't, I can't function that way. I've never made very many movies.

Quote about old, olderness, time

For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.

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Government is not show business.

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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.

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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.

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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.

Quote about question, public, good, good luck

I grew up as a fairly puritanical, Protestant, football-playing boy in Virginia. I don't know that I've changed very much.

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I have a day job. I can make movies when I want to.

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It's very clear you have to engage the public and say: You have to vote no on 74, no on 75, no on 76, no on 77. Those are the issues that Arnold pushing. And those are reactionary, Republican initiatives.

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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.

Quote about politics, nation

Marriage requires a special talent, like acting. Monogamy requires genius.

Quote about marriage, genius, talent

Movies are fun, but they're not a cure for cancer.