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.
BILL CONDONYou know he comes out of stand-up. He comes – it’s all about capturing the moment – in the moment, you know.
More Bill Condon Quotes
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Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.
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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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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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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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Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together – that’s the most complicated thing we all face.
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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.
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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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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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There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
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Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.
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Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.
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I wanted to make connections between Whale’s past and present.
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I’m a horrible public speaker.
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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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