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

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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...

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...

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...

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...

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most...

Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most...

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...

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.

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 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.

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...

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is -...

I do think that's so much a part of what being a director is -...

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

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

One of the people that became a major source was Clarence Tripp who worked with...

One of the people that became a major source was Clarence Tripp who worked with...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...