I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because peoples lives dont have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying..

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 alon….

Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug..

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

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….

No piece of writing is ever finished. It’s just due..

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..

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything..

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 w….

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 ge….

First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that time, no one had Mexican maids..

My idea of a beach holiday is going to New York for two weeks, just going and hanging out..

A scientist is an unlikely character to put at the center of a movie..

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 approac….

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 rem….

We knew that there was a certain kind of interest in Whale among a genre crowd..

Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality..

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 ….

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

The fact is, these are actors playing parts, and maybe it's not such a bad thing that people be reminded of that. Both of these actors gave heart and….

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 th….