66 Quotes by Bill Condon

There were moments on the set when the depth of the cast of ‘Dreamgirls’ was almost overwhelming to me.

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.

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.

It’s an odd thing to go to New York to shoot a movie that is set in Indiana.

There’s no question that Whale’s movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.

It’s in the nature of television to restrain the spontaneity of a live event. Things become more and more prepackaged.

But the imposition of morality onto science, – where it does not belong – has become rampant in recent years.

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that everyone’s sexuality is unique.

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.