Bill Condon
Bill Condon
William "Bill" Condonis an American screenwriter and director. Condon is best known for directing and writing the critically acclaimed films Gods and Monsters, Chicago, Kinsey, Dreamgirls and the two final installments of the Twilight series, The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 and The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2. In 1998, Condon debuted as a screenwriter with Gods and Monsters, which won him his first Academy Award. He was also nominated for writing Chicago in 2003. In...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth22 October 1955
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
Sometimes words just don't get you there... don't let you say all the stuff from deep in your heart, stuff that no dictionary has a name for.
That day I think we really saw each other for the first time. I mean, saw beyond the bag of bones on the outside. You take away her pretty and my plain and what you get underneath is about the same: a couple of lost girls looking to be found.
Kinsey thought that Freud in his own way was as dangerous as the Catholic Church.
In Hollywood through the 50s, there were black, English, and Middle European housekeepers and maids.
I wanted to make connections between Whale's past and present.
There were moments on the set when the depth of the cast of 'Dreamgirls' was almost overwhelming to me.
Our relationships, relationships between adults, how all those pieces fit together - that's the most complicated thing we all face.
Problems emerge and some people try to sweep them under the rug.
My idea of a beach holiday is going to New York for two weeks, just going and hanging out.
I had a couple of movies that I was passionately involved with that I could never get made. 'Richard Pryor,' I wrote for - gosh - over a year. That was close to getting made for two-and-a-half years after that. We're still pushing it, you know. It is weird. Suddenly you wake up and it's like, 'God, five years have gone by.
I don't think 'Twilight' should be approached like 'Batman.' Because it is an invented kind of world, especially this one, I think it's got to be done with a sense of enjoyment to it I guess more than anything. So I never thought of anything as making fun of it, but kind of reveling in the melodrama of it. It's a melodrama.
From its inception by Michael Bennett, 'Dreamgirls' has always been an epic story with an ensemble cast. I didn't change that. The screen version remains, really, a group story.
But you really - I always think that a director has got to adapt to whatever the needs of the actor are. You know, so if you take someone like Eddie Murphy, who is not a big fan of rehearsal. You know he comes out of stand-up. He comes - it's all about capturing the moment - in the moment, you know.
There's no question that Whale's movies are classics. They were wonderful, and successful.