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.

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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...

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that...

Because his basic idea that he got from the study of gall wasps is that...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

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.

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...

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...

But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has...

But the imposition of morality onto science, - where it does not belong - has...

When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years...

When it comes to two of the big social earthquakes in the last fifty years...

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.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

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

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

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

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