It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down… — 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
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
The only time I feel pressured is when some woman's husband comes over and says, "Will you go ask my wife to… — 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
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
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
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
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 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 was that… — 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 percussion and… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
