That day I think we really saw each other for the first time. I mean, saw beyond the bag of bones on the outside. You take away her pretty and my plain and what you get underneath is about the same: a couple of lost girls looking to be found.
BILL CONDONThere’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
More Bill Condon Quotes
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For me, someone like the Eddie Murphy character doesn’t live anywhere; he lives on a stage and when he’s not on the stage he’s on a bus getting to the next stage.
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A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie.
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There were moments on the set when the depth of the cast of ‘Dreamgirls’ was almost overwhelming to me.
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I do think that’s so much a part of what being a director is – in working with actors – to really try and be sensitive to what each actor needs to get to where he wants to be.
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It’s an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.
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Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.
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In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
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I’m a horrible public speaker.
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But the imposition of morality onto science, – where it does not belong – has become rampant in recent years.
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Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.
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I think it would be fun to write about movies again.
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I think that finding a way into somebody’s life that’s sort of off from a side angle can tell you more about that person than a greatest hits approach.
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Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together – that’s the most complicated thing we all face.
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But you really – I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal.
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No piece of writing is ever finished. It’s just due.
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