First of all, break-dancing has been done for years, though not all of it put together the way it is now. But, actually, the distinctions have been blurring since the 1950s. — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
There is a certain amount of pornography that exists throughout Purple Rain, but the appeal is obvious. You can really pick that picture apart and see where "A" fits into "B" and so on. It was very wisely done. — 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
![“The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with [women] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over a table or twist them all around. All I want to do is one-two, one-two-three - a simple fox trot. But they're shaking with anticipation at the thought that I'm about to whip them around…” quote by Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/073/gene-kelly-11878_anticipation_the-only-thing-is-that-ordinarily-when-i_44100.jpg)
