Bill Condon

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

We made connections between the monsters created by war and the monsters he created, the typical outcast that Whale was attracted to, and the monster in himself, that's inside all of us.

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

I think for any actor, for the roles they deeply, truly want? They always have to audition for them.

If you're going to go to an audition, you don't want to go in trying to force yourself into some archetype that has been thought up by a director and translated by a casting director.

Well, I actually wrote her a letter a couple of days ago congratulating her. The tone I tried to convey in the letter is, look, you are a part of a great American historical process.