A biography for Bill Condonhasn’t been written yet.
“One of the people that became a major source was Clarence Tripp who worked with Kinsey.”
“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. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know.”
“Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.”
“My idea of a beach holiday is going to New York for two weeks, just going and hanging out.”
“Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.”
“Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.”
“Like many of you, I've always been slightly obsessed with vampires, dating back to the prime-time series 'Dark Shadows,' which I followed avidly as a kid.”
“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.”
“While that wasn't first and foremost in my mind, you can't get into this without being struck, on one side, by how far we've come, and then the other side, by how little things have changed.”
“There were moments on the set when the depth of the cast of 'Dreamgirls' was almost overwhelming to me.”
“I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.”
“I'm a horrible public speaker.”
“I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is his subject not mine.”
“It's an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.”
“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.”
“I like you but you mightn't feel the same way about me, and I wouldn't blame you. To save us both from any awkward moments I've figured out an easy way to do this. Nod if you're even slightly interested in getting to know me. Write a ten page explanation if you're not.”
“Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.”
“Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.”
“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.”
“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. You've got friends and family. That's how we get by. We talk and share and eat cake and giggle in the dark, even when we're scared - no, especially when we're scared.”