Susan Sarandon opens up about her sexuality
Susan Sarandon has candidly discussed her sexual orientation in a recent interview.
Speaking to PrideSource, the 70-year-old iconic actress said she is "open" about her sexuality. "My sexual orientation is up for grabs, I guess you could say," she explained.
Susan is now single following her split with long-term partner Tim Robbins in 2009. She was previously married to Chris Sarandon beforehand.
Speaking of her current love life, she commented: "I'm a serial monogamist... so I haven't really had a large dating career. I haven't exactly been in the midst of a lot of offers of any kind. I'm still not! I don't know what's going on! But I think back in the '60s it just was much more open."
She also briefly touched upon her relationship with actor Philip Sayer, who "wasn't with another woman" after her: "He was gay, and we had a great relationship in every way," she said.
Source: PrideSource
Check out some of Susan's other great moments here:
Rex FeaturesOn female stereotypes:
“Do you really have to be the ice-queen intellectual or the slut whore? Isn't there some way to be both?”
Getty ImagesOn sexism:
"It will be great when it's not such a big deal when a woman gets a good job."
Getty ImagesOn her boobs:
“The thing that's bad about breasts is that you have to choose between having a mind and having breasts. It'd be nice if you could have both.”
Rex FeaturesOn aging:
"I look forward to being older, when what you look like becomes less and less an issue and what you are is the point."
Getty ImagesOn plastic surgery:
"Just because I haven't yet had any plastic surgery, I'm not going to knock it, because I think women have the right to do whatever they want to their bodies that make them feel good about themselves."
Getty ImagesOn misbehaving:
"I was told I had an overabundance of original sin."
Getty ImagesOn drugs:
"My attitude about marijuana or anything is, ‘Don’t be stoned if you have to pretend you’re not,’ so I’d never do drugs if I was taking care of my kids. I like doing it in the Grand Canyon, or in the woods."
Getty ImagesOn Woody Allen:
"I think he really tore that family apart in a way that was horrible, and hasn’t really dealt with the aftermath. He’s always had a reputation for being with younger girls—I mean younger girls. And also, that young woman [Soon-Yi] was very vulnerable, and I think it was very hard for the siblings, and certainly for Mia. You just don’t go there. You don’t go there.”
Getty ImagesOn Hilary Clinton:
“I don’t vote with my vagina. It’s so insulting to women to think that you would follow a candidate JUST because she’s a woman.”
Rex FeaturesOn her life ethos:
"When you start to develop your powers of empathy and imagination, the whole world opens up to you."
Getty ImagesOn David Bowie (whom she used to date):
"He’s worth idolising. He’s extraordinary. That was a really interesting period. I wasn’t supposed to have kids, and I’m the oldest of nine and had mothered all of them, so I wasn’t ever in a mode to where I was looking to settle down and raise a family, so that definitely changes the gene pool you’re dipping into. But Bowie’s just a really interesting person, and so bright. He’s a talent, and a painter, and… he’s great.”
Rex FeaturesOn Burning Man:
"It’s fabulous. I can’t go this year because my daughter’s having a baby around that time, so I don’t think I’d feel very free to indulge if I was waiting for a message to see if she’s gone into labor. I went all around on a Segway and a bicycle, which was great, and even though people sometimes recognised me and said,’“Oh, it’s so cool you’re here!’ it wasn’t like walking the streets of New York."
Rex FeaturesOn children:
"Children reinvent the world for you."
Rex FeaturesOn sex:
"Making love is like hitting a baseball. You just gotta relax and concentrate."
Rex FeaturesOn beauty:
"Happiness is the true beauty weapon."
Getty ImagesOn mistakes:
"Make mistakes. Make big mistakes. Mistakes are how we find our voice."
