GQ Interview Outtakes.


On Pregnancy Rumors:
"I felt like I kind of had to protect my mother, because when people made up the silliest rumor about me not really being pregnant She was there when I went through all of those things. And my sister. They were very, very defensive. It's not personal to me, and it comes along with the job, but the lack of respect—people will just go too far sometimes."

On Giving Birth:
"When I gave birth, that was the first time I truly let go and surrendered. And it taught me how amazing that feels... Giving birth made me realize the power of being a woman. I have so much more substance in my life. And expressing that excitement and that sensuality and the connection I have with my husband—I'm a lot more comfortable with that now. I actually feel like my child introduced me to myself."

On Relationship:
"I was independent before I met my husband, and we have such a natural chemistry and a genuine relationship, and it's based on the things that relationships are supposed to be based on. I've seen, growing up, when a woman or a man in a relationship—it doesn't matter which one—doesn't feel confident, they feel a bit trapped. Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are."

On Destiny's Child:
The members of Destiny's Child "were my family, and still are my family. Unlike solo artists that started out, my foundation is being in a group and being with other women that needed—we needed each other so much. I mean, it's harmony. And we were super tight. We could walk into a room and not give each other the key and sing in perfect harmony. It gives me chills. So that union, that unity, that sisterhood, it is how I grew up.


Ed Burke on Beyonce taking control:
Ed Burke, Beyonce's visual director and the co-director of her new film, knows precisely when his boss first realized she needed to exert more control over her realm. It was in 2005, he says, when MTV shot a bunch of footage of her, but later wouldn't let her use it. "Back in the day, MTV used to do all the B-roll for making a video," Burke says. "They did that, and used it for whatever they shot it for." But when Beyonce asked to use the footage for her own purposes, MTV told her "she had to pay. She goes, 'But it's my image.' That's where it all started."

Beyonce hired Burke, a Brit who trained to be a teacher, not a filmmaker, as a full-time videographer. Early on, he wasn't entirely sure what she wanted him to do. "I will always remember one day, I was sitting in the back of the car, filming, and Bey and Angie, her cousin, were sitting in the front seat, talking about life, and Bey looked round, and goes, 'Oh, you don't have to film this.' And I said, 'Well, how do I know if it's going to be good?' And Angie laughed, and goes, 'He's got a point.' From then on, the access has been incredible, to the point where every facet of her life I've shot."


Here's the way it works now: If MTV or Access Hollywood or anyone else wants some footage of Beyonce and Beyonce thinks it's a good idea, Burke shoots it and lets them borrow it. "It's a win-win," Burke says. "They get better access—that's what we tell them—because I'm in the dressing room, where they would never be," he says. But Beyonce owns the footage. Same with still photos.

HBO's programming president on HBO Doc:
Michael Lombardo, HBO's programming president, says when Beyonce's agents first pitched him and revealed that she was co-director, "my first response to myself was, 'Okay, that doesn't sound like something we normally would do. It sounds a little bit like it's probably going to be a fluff piece,'" Lombardo recalls. "We have a long history at HBO in the documentary world and in the music world, and, the notion of any person of note being responsible for the editorial choices in a story about themselves is something I approach with some degree of cynicism." But after he watched the 90-minute film, he says, "I was entranced. I couldn't get it out of my head."

This was confusing, Lombardo admits, because what Beyonce had created was neither a concert film like Lady Gaga's 2011 ode to her Monster's Ball tour nor a warts-and-all, hard-hitting documentary. "It's some of that but not quite any of that," he says. "You feel the struggle of someone who has been handled for so long searching to find the part of her that she can disclose to the public. That vulnerability of someone searching for the comfort place where they're willing to be more than the image that has been fed to us—I was incredibly moved by that. Yeah, it's a brand play, it's an image play. It might be the most astute sort of self-packaging that we've ever seen. But I dare anybody to tune in and turn it off."

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Your self-worth is determined by you. You don't have to depend on someone telling you who you are

"You feel the struggle of someone who has been handled for so long searching to find the part of her that she can disclose to the public. That vulnerability of someone searching for the comfort place where they're willing to be more than the image that has been fed to us—I was incredibly moved by that

"Back in the day, MTV used to do all the B-roll for making a video," Burke says. "They did that, and used it for whatever they shot it for." But when Beyonce asked to use the footage for her own purposes, MTV told her "she had to pay. She goes, 'But it's my image.' That's where it all started."

that's a great idea.

Originally posted by Eaten By Lions Such a powerful message. I'm glad we are seeing this side of Beyonce now, and she is yearning and striving to offer more of a perspective into Beyonce the person as opposed to Beyonce the brand.

Originally posted by BadBitch !!!! I was just about to quote that. She's so inspirational.

Originally posted by satellites.™ Quote: "Back in the day, MTV used to do all the B-roll for making a video," Burke says. "They did that, and used it for whatever they shot it for." But when Beyonce asked to use the footage for her own purposes, MTV told her "she had to pay. She goes, 'But it's my image.' That's where it all started." mess.

Originally posted by SAFEYEAA Quote: Here's the way it works now: If MTV or Access Hollywood or anyone else wants some footage of Beyonce and Beyonce thinks it's a good idea, Burke shoots it and lets them borrow it. "It's a win-win," Burke says. "They get better access—that's what we tell them—because I'm in the dressing room, where they would never be," he says. But Beyonce owns the footage. Same with still photos. that's a great idea.