In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
BILL CONDONBecause his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone’s sexuality is unique.
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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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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.
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Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.
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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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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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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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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.
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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 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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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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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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There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
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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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I think it would be fun to write about movies again.
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You’ve got friends and family. That’s how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we’re scared – no, especially when we’re scared.
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