Susan Sarandon is one of those miraculous celebs who looks better now than she did two decades ago and she is still going strong. The Daily Beast recently caught up with her for what they call a “fun” interview. She is amazing…

Here are a couple of excerpts from the interview:

I heard you went to Burning Man last year, but sadly couldn’t make it this year.

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 recognized me and said, “Oh, it’s so cool you’re here!” it wasn’t like walking the streets of New York. The art was amazing. You’ll find fantastical stuff like four-story women, and when the light comes up, a half-naked woman with a parasol. Despite the fact that there was more of a police presence there, it was a lot of fun and I’d definitely go back.

Did you take any psychedelics? You kind of have to, right?

Well, it’s pretty psychedelic to begin with. But, yeah, I’m not new to the idea of mushrooms. I don’t really like chemical things, really. Timothy Leary was a friend of mine, so that acid was nice and pure, but I’m not really looking for chemicals, and I don’t like to feel speedy. But I’ve done Ayahuasca and I’ve done mushrooms and things like that. But I like those drugs in the outdoors—I’m not a city-tripper. 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. You want to be prepared and not have responsibilities. It does remind you of your space in the universe—your place in the universe—and reframe things for you. I think you can have some very profound experiences. […]

And marijuana was recently decriminalized in New York.

It got decriminalized in small amounts. It will be legal everywhere, and that will cause a very interesting tipping point. Certainly, if more people were smoking instead of drinking, people don’t get mean on weed, don’t beat up their wives on weed, and don’t drive crazy on weed. They just get hungry, don’t go out of the house, or laugh a lot. I think it would make for a much more gentle world.

Although edibles are sort of a different ballgame. If I was driving and munching on a brownie I’d stand a really good chance of putting my car into a ravine.

Well, it needs to be treated as a controlled substance in that you don’t give it to kids, and you don’t drive. Certainly, liquor has caused many more deaths. There’s never been a death by marijuana. And the money spent to incarcerate people, the money spent on the drug war, and the fact that cartels are running wild, it’s crazy.

The Last of Robin Hood concerns a couple with a huge age disparity—your daughter in the film is 15 when she meets Errol Flynn, who’s 48.

Well, Charlie Chaplin married someone that was 15 around that time. I think she’s very mature, which happens when you have alcoholic, non-functioning parents—they grow up very quickly, learn how to take care of themselves, and navigate the waters of life in a different way than normal, functioning parents. And I think that Dakota plays her in a graceful, non-Lolita-ish way. Clearly he was besotted with her, and from the interviews I heard with my character, Florence, she insists it was a legitimate love story, that he wanted to marry her, and that he tried to take care of her in the will.

But you wouldn’t want your 15-year-old daughter dating some 48-year-old.

I wouldn’t want my 15-year-old daughter having sex! But for some reason, age difference is more accepted in cultures when the man is older and the woman is younger. My grandmother on my mother’s side was an Italian immigrant in New York, and her mother died when she was 10. She’d had 10 children, seven of whom had died by this time, so she had an older sister and a younger brother. This 21-year-old guy moved to the apartment next door and knocked her up at 12. She lied and said she was 15 to marry him—because you could marry at 15 in New York back then. So, things happen. And he was not a movie star.

It’s interesting that this film is coming out at the same time as Woody Allen’s Magic in the Moonlight. Many writers have taken issue with the age gap in that film—since Emma Stone is 25 and Colin Firth is 53. Do you think it’s healthy to keep portraying the May-December romance in films?

You know, films are great when they reframe reality and cause conversations and dialogue. I’m much more bothered by violence in film—especially violence that’s connected in some way to be sexy. For me, that’s always been more problematic when I was guiding what my kids were looking at. And again, it has to do with the people. Emma Stone is very together, very centered. I have issues with Woody Allen… but that’s another story. But that’s always been accepted in films, that guys are with younger women.

What are those issues?

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.

Last of Robin Hood also centers on a young woman who falls for a rakish older movie star. Have you ever had a wild love affair with a big celebrity?

There was a 14- or-15-year difference between Louis Malle and I. We met on a set. That was such a learning experience because he was French, had a truffle farm, and I really hadn’t spent a lot of time in Europe. That was really valuable. But in terms of hooking up with movie stars, I got married really young, which knocked out most of my 20s to be fucking around. There have been a couple of famous, pretty interesting ones. One rock star, and another actor. But I’m pretty much a nester and tend to be monogamous.

Who was the rock star?

Bowie.

Get out. That man is a legend. Did that happen around the time of The Hunger?

Yeah. He’s worth idolizing. 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.

Check out the full interview at The Daily Beast including some background to the selfie she recently posted.