Warren Beatty more comfortable behind the camera," she says. "He's in the total-control aspect. He has to have control over everything. Beatty doesn't deny that need; in speaking about his earliest parts, he said "When I acted in films I used to come with suggestions about the script, the lighting, the wardrobe, and people used to say 'Waddya want, to produce the picture as well?' And I used to say that I supposed I did." Beatty was a star football player at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington. Encouraged to act by the success of his sister, who had recently established herself as
Charles Eugene Beatty Charles Eugene Beatty Charles Eugene Beatty (1909–1998) was an American track and field athlete and educator. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Beatty attended Northeastern High School (Detroit) and the Michigan State Normal College (which later became Eastern Michigan University). At Northeastern High, Beatty was the first schoolboy to win four events at consecutive Michigan High School Athletic Association track and field championships (1927 and 1928). During the 1927 season, Beatty tied a national interscholastic record for the 100-yard dash and established a new USA standard in the 220-yard low-hurdles. For his achievements, Beatty was named the 1928 Michigan High School Track