Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat. — 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
