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In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

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
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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Finding One Thinking Way
In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
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Black Hollywood Maid
It’s in the nature of television to restrain the spontaneity of a live event. Things become more and more prepackaged.
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Events Spontaneity Television
Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.
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Catholic Church Way
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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Bus Character Home
It’s an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.
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Country Indiana Odd Things
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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Captured Moment Comes Stand
I wanted to make connections between Whale’s past and present.
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Connection Past Whales
Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.
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Homosexuals Kicks People
There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
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Successful Whales Wonderful
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
Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone’s sexuality is unique.
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Ideas Study Unique
Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.
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Absolutely Everything Kinsey
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
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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Director Thinking Trying

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