When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years – which are the gay movement and the women’s movement – I think there is a direct line from Kinsey to those.
BILL CONDONKinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.
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It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have to live in a way that you think of nobody living anymore except for in small towns. They have such elaborate double lives.
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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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Above all they have always shown great respect for the fans who made these movies such a success. Now it’s time that some of that respect be returned to them.
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In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
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You don’t really want to see him at home, or all those things you can do in the movie.
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I wanted to make connections between Whale’s past and present.
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I’m a horrible public speaker.
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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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Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.
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Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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It’s in the nature of television to restrain the spontaneity of a live event. Things become more and more prepackaged.
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A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie.
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No piece of writing is ever finished. It’s just due.
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From its inception by Michael Bennett, ‘Dreamgirls’ has always been an epic story with an ensemble cast. I didn’t change that. The screen version remains, really, a group story.
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Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.
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