Warren Beatty sat down with Ellen DeGeneres, and the two took a trip down memory lane. Beatty said he remembers being "very impressed" by DeGeneres' acting during a romantic scene with Garry Shandling in The Larry Sanders Show . He said he had a "long talk" with Shandling about DeGeneres. DeGeneres tries to get Beatty to say more, but he is awkward and shy in the exchange. The conversation transitioned into one about Beatty's wife, Annette Bening, whom Beatty was already dating at the time.