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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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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.

Kinsey kick started a lot in shocking people with how much homosexual activity there is.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

Kinsey himself collected absolutely everything.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...