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.

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

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

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.

I think it would be fun to write about movies again.

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.

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