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

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.

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.

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 the next stage. You don't really want to see him at home, or all those things you can do in the movie.

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

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.