Bill Condon Quotes & Sayings

“We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the typical outcast that Whale was attracted to, and the monster in himself, that's inside all of us.”

“I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.”

“I'm a horrible public speaker.”

“No, 'F/X 2' was a job. I enjoyed doing it but that was definitely a job. I wrote that, I didn't direct it but 'Candyman' and the earlier horror movies I made, I was completely into horror and suspense and always have been. It's informed everything I've done, even the way scenes are shot in 'Kinsey and 'Gods and Monsters.'”

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

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

“Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.”

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

“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 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.”