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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.

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.
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Made Phenomena Respect Success
No piece of writing is ever finished. It’s just due.
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Dues Pieces Writing
In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
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Black Hollywood Maid
Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.
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People Problem Trying
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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Couple Girl Mean
We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd.
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Crowds Kind Whales
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
Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.
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Feelings Moments Persecution
I wanted to make connections between Whale’s past and present.
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Connection Past Whales
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
There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.
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Successful Whales Wonderful
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
I had a couple of movies that I was passionately involved with that I could never get made. ‘Richard Pryor,’ I wrote for – gosh – over a year. That was close to getting made for two-and-a-half years after that.
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Couple Two Years
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
Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.
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Absolutely Everything Kinsey
The thing I’ve noticed about life is that it just keeps coming at you. And it can be a real bummer. What you need to remember is that you’re not alone.
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Cake Dark Real

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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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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