It’s an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.
BILL CONDONI 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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So I never thought of anything as making fun of it, but kind of reveling in the melodrama of it. It’s a melodrama.
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Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.
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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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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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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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But the imposition of morality onto science, – where it does not belong – has become rampant in recent years.
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There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
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The thing I’ve noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you’re not alone.
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First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that time, no one had Mexican maids.
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Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.
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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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There’s nothing quite as good as folding up into a book and shutting the world outside.If I pick the right one I can be beautiful, or fall in love, or live happily ever after. Maybe even all three.
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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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You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes – it’s all about capturing the moment – in the moment, you know.
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