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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-didn-t-smoke-i-didn-t-smoke-then-and-i-don-t-smoke-now-we-worked/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

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## More by Donald O'Connor

> [I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-m-not-a-good-choreographer-i-can-t-remember-what-i-put-down/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves to be able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-think-you-should-make-more-movies-more-musicals-i-think-the-public/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [Doing those costume pictures was wonderful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/doing-those-costume-pictures-was-wonderful/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-didn-t-smoke-i-didn-t-smoke-then-and-i-don-t-smoke-now-we-worked/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [Short people have long faces, and long people have short faces. Big people have little humor, and little people have no humor at all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/short-people-have-long-faces-and-long-people-have-short-faces-big/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/going-up-the-walls-doing-somersaults-that-trick-took-a-couple-of-days/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [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...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/remember-if-you-do-the-same-act-for-20-30-years-it-gets-a-little/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/dancing-is-so-wonderful-once-they-start-the-music-your-whole-day-if/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/you-see-as-far-as-the-man-s-personality-goes-there-s-no-one-who-can/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-d-like-to-thank-the-academy-for-my-lifetime-achievement-award-that/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-m-basically-a-hoofer-a-tap-dancer-i-was-always-very-good-from-the/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/that-is-the-godawful-thing-about-television-today-performers-don-t/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/they-put-me-in-a-harness-like-a-horse-to-learn-the-back-somersault-it/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/it-s-so-wonderful-if-your-whole-day-is-rotten-once-they-start-the/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-o-connor/i-was-born-and-raised-to-entertain-other-people-i-ve-heard-laughter/)

[Donald O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-o-connor/)

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