Producers have stopped hiring Blacks just because of pressure. They see there's a market out there. The name of the game is money, and we're making money for them. That's all. — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
I decided I wanted to be a dancer. Juilliard was in walking distance from home, so I very stupidly went and applied, not realizing the money it would cost which my parents didn't have. It took a hundred dollars just… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
I was in my last year in high school when I began to think of becoming a dancer. I had never seen a Broadway… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
With a camera right in my face, my movements would have to be more subtle; stage techniques would have to be left behind and… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
I'm not interested in being a really big star. I want to be in control of my life. I don't want to worry about… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
Parts are becoming interchangeable, so that it doesn't matter what color a person is. And that's what it's all about, right? — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
I didn't have the opportunity to study dance until I was old. I was 17. — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
I eat lots of mustard greens and collard greens. My mother cooks all the traditional southern food. — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
My main objective is to introduce students to dance and the other arts, not necessarily for them to pursue, but as a method of… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
Producers have stopped hiring Blacks just because of pressure. They see there's a market out there. The name of the game is money, and… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
By the time I started to study, it was a conscious decision. It wasn't just something my mother wanted for me, as it is… — Paula Kelly Copy Share Image
