“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.” ThinkingFirstsMeanGirlFoundLostSawsCoupleFirst TimeBonesBagsLost Girl Author:Bill Condon
“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.” ThinkingWantNeedsTryingActorsDirectorsSensitive Author:Bill Condon
“I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because peoples lives dont have a dramatic shape that can be satisfying.” ThinkingShapesDramaticSatisfying Author:Bill Condon
“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.” ThinkingWayPersonsSidesFindingsApproachAngleFinding The One Author:Bill Condon
“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.” ThinkingYearsTwoBigsLastsSocialLinesMovementGayDirectFiftyEarthquakesThink BigKinsey Author:Bill Condon
“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.” ThinkingWayCertainActorsInterestingTownsSmall TownDouble Life Author:Bill Condon
“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.” IfsThinkingKnowsNeedsMomentsBigsActorsFansDirectorsRehearsalMurphy Author:Bill Condon
“I don't think 'Twilight' should be approached like 'Batman.' Because it is an invented kind of world, especially this one, I think it's got to be done with a sense of enjoyment to it I guess more than anything. So I never thought of anything as making fun of it, but kind of reveling in the melodrama of it. It's a melodrama.” ThinkingWorldShouldKindDoneFunEnjoymentTwilightMelodrama Author:Bill Condon
