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

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

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

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.

Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.

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

Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.