I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in one take. You had to be in good… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share Image
I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape.… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all. — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you...… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
Dancing is so wonderful. Once they start the music, your whole day, if it's been rotten, seems to melt away. You get carried away… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique. — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get. — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
I'm basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what's known… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're out; you… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away. — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is… — Donald O'Connor Copy Share
