 The week I Love You
Alice B.Toklas premiered in 1968, I was immersed in
press interviews to promote the movie for Warner
Brothers. Warner Brothers threw a big cocktail party to
introduce me to the press as the new young star of I
Love You Alice B.Toklas. To give a tone of the
"avant garde", Andy Warhol was invited to
attend with his colorful entourage. It was the first time
that I would meet Andy. Several years later, while making
The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight, I would
begin to "hang out" with Andy, his entourage,
and especially with Gerard Malanga, a poet who was always
by Andy's side. This, however, was an evening focused on
me and my film debut. I arrived
with my press agent and a Warner Brothers
representative. This was a new experience for me and very
exciting. There were flashbulbs popping and an enormous
amount of attention and focus on me. I had been getting
used to "attention" since Peyton Place
and my high profile relationship with Ryan O'Neal.
However, the energy of this particular evening, carried
the excitement of the discovery of a new star in her own
right. I was led to meet Andy Warhol, and he suggested
that he paint a butterfly on my thigh for the
photographers. Everyone loved it, as the photographers
flashed away. It was a truly "Sixties" moment
with Andy Warhol and the film epitome of the Sixties
flowerchild.
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