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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.

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.
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Ensemble Epic Groups Screenshots
My idea of a beach holiday is going to New York for two weeks, just going and hanging out.
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Beach Country Holiday
Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together – that’s the most complicated thing we all face.
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Adults Pieces Together
We’re still pushing it, you know. It is weird. Suddenly you wake up and it’s like, ‘God, five years have gone by.
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Like Pushing Still Weird
There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
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Successful Whales Wonderful
I think it would be fun to write about movies again.
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Fun Thinking Writing
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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Country Knowing People
I wanted to make connections between Whale’s past and present.
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Connection Past Whales
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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Actors Interesting Thinking
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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Made Phenomena Respect Success
In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
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Black Hollywood Maid
But the imposition of morality onto science, – where it does not belong – has become rampant in recent years.
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Impose Morality Years
Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.
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Homosexuals Kicks People
Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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Feelings Moments Persecution
Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.
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People Problem Trying
You don’t really want to see him at home, or all those things you can do in the movie.
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Home Movies Things

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