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Warren Beatty
For me, the highest level of sexual excitement is in a monogamous relationship.
— Warren Beatty
AT 22, Shirley MacLaine’s kid brother was in TV’s The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis and a star in his first and last Broadway play, A Loss of Roses. In 1961, Beatty starred in his first film, Elia Kazan’s Splendor in the Grass. He played a devastatingly virile lead opposite Natalie Wood and began a 30-year tradition of seducing his co-stars. Read the rest of this entry »
Michael Douglas
There was a lot of tabloid journalism about my supposed sex addiction. Bullshit. It’s all bullshit. I mean, come on, I never pretended to be a saint. But give me a break.
— Michael Douglas
LIKE some, but by no means all, of the more mature “Movie Star” movie stars, Michael Douglas is an impressively cool character. Maybe his composure comes from being the son of cleft-chinned screen legend Kirk Douglas (whom he favors in looks, incidentally). Or maybe his easygoing frankness is merely the result of having come of age in the ’60s, when people were encouraged to “let it all hang out.” In any case, Douglas, as one of the high-profile elder statesmen of Hollywood, now has the luxury of looking back on an illustrious and varied career. Read the rest of this entry »
Francis Ford Coppola
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
— Francis Ford Coppola
WHEN Francis Ford Coppola came down with polio at the age of ten, he amused himself by creating puppet shows and making an 8mm film. Later, at U.C.L.A. film school, he made a soft-core porn picture, Tonite for Sure. As a 24-year-old apprentice [...]
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Once you run for office, you’re in it — sort of like going into the military. You’d better be damned sure it is what you want to do and that the rest of your life is set up to accommodate that. It takes a certain toll on your personality and on your family life. I’ve [...]
Martha Stewart
Martha Dearest.
— Martha Stewart’s supposed nickname among her staff
DESPITE the Waspy looks and name, Stewart was born Martha Kostyra, one of six children of middle-class Polish parents. She grew up in modest circumstances in Nutley, N.J., and put herself through Barnard College by modeling. Realizing that contemporary women don’t have the time to make the [...]
