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 would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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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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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 would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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Sometimes words just don’t get you there… don’t let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.
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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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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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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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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 the imposition of morality onto science, – where it does not belong – has become rampant in recent years.
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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’m a horrible public speaker.
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Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.
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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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