I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman. — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I wanted to do new things with dance, adapt it to the motion picture medium. — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates. — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
When they do let them sustain on screen from head to toe, though, then you know they must think the person is… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
At 14, I discovered girls. At that time, dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
First of all, break-dancing has been done for years, though not all of it put together the way it is now. But,… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with [women] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov do Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite on PBS. I have no numbers to prove it, but I bet that… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
At the time the quickest way to establish yourself as an American was to throw a little bit of tap into your… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
In fact, I wasn't going to dance in Xanadu, but several journalists told me that Olivia Newton-John kept saying how sad she… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
America now has more and better dancers than they have ever had in the history of the country, but that won't account… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I love rhythmic dancing - I'm not derogating it at all. It's just that sometimes you want to whisper, "I adore you."… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I wanted to invent some kind of American dance that was danced to the music that I grew up on: Cole Porter… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with [women] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over a table… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
In fact, I wasn't going to dance in Xanadu, but several journalists told me that Olivia Newton-John kept saying how sad she was that… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down upon, and… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
I don't understand the whole concept of doubles. They used to do that in the early sound films in Hollywood, but I thought we… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman. — Gene Kelly Copy Share
You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
Kids talk to me and say they want to do musicals again because they've studied the tapes of the old films. We didn't have… — Gene Kelly Copy Share
![“Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.” quote by Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/35a/gene-kelly-11878_athlete_like-an-athlete-dance-is-an-everyday-job_1999028.jpg)
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