Warren Beatty

“I left Northwestern University after a year and was in New York playing piano in a little bar on 58th Street, and I didn't know whether to go back.”

“How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.”

“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.”

“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.'”

“The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.”

“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.”

“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.”