First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that time, no one had Mexican maids.
BILL CONDONFor 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.
More Bill Condon Quotes
-
-
We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.
BILL CONDON -
Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.
BILL CONDON -
Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone’s sexuality is unique.
BILL CONDON -
Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.
BILL CONDON -
Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.
BILL CONDON -
It’s in the nature of television to restrain the spontaneity of a live event. Things become more and more prepackaged.
BILL CONDON -
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.
BILL CONDON -
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.
BILL CONDON -
Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together – that’s the most complicated thing we all face.
BILL CONDON -
I think it would be fun to write about movies again.
BILL CONDON -
My idea of a beach holiday is going to New York for two weeks, just going and hanging out.
BILL CONDON -
In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
BILL CONDON -
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.
BILL CONDON -
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.
BILL CONDON -
There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
BILL CONDON