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.

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Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.

Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.

And Kinsey thought that anybody who defined themselves based on their sexual acts was limiting...

And Kinsey thought that anybody who defined themselves based on their sexual acts was limiting...

I think that finding a way into somebody's life that's sort of off from a...

I think that finding a way into somebody's life that's sort of off from a...

Actually, I loved Chucky. It's one of the strangest movies I've ever seen.

Actually, I loved Chucky. It's one of the strangest movies I've ever seen.

We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the...

We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the...

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and...

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and...

While that wasn't first and foremost in my mind, you can't get into this without...

While that wasn't first and foremost in my mind, you can't get into this without...

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

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

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a...

I really think the biopic thing so rarely works, because people's lives don't have a...

I'm a horrible public speaker.

I'm a horrible public speaker.

Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.

Kinsey was six foot five, and he had this leader of men quality.

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

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

Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.

Kinsey would identify himself with Galileo in moments of feelings of persecution.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.

First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that...

First of all, just knowing people who grew up in the movie business at that...

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

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

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

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

I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is...

I know a little more about Kinsey than I know about sex because that is...

It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have...

It is interesting to be here and to see that for certain actors they have...