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

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

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.

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

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

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

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.