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title: "1 Song Says Quotes By Gene Kelly"
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> [Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that." My best example is Singin' in the Rain. Arthur Freed had insisted that the song should be in the picture, but he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/mentally-i-write-myself-a-little-story-of-course-sometimes-you-have-a/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f23/gene-kelly-11878_anxious_mentally-i-write-myself-a-little-story-o_1997808.jpg)

## More by Gene Kelly

> [ The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with \[women\] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over a table… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/the-only-thing-is-that-ordinarily-when-i-do-dance-with-women-they/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/in-fact-i-wasn-t-going-to-dance-in-xanadu-but-several-journalists/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/i-miss-the-romance-i-keep-saying-this-over-and-over-again-but-dance/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/i-didn-t-want-to-move-or-act-like-a-rich-man-i-wanted-to-dance-in-a/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/things-danced-on-the-screen-do-not-look-the-way-they-do-on-the-stage/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/if-fred-astaire-is-the-cary-grant-of-dance-i-m-the-marlon-brando/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down upon, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/it-fit-into-my-scheme-of-things-for-many-reasons-at-the-time-it-was/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/i-don-t-understand-the-whole-concept-of-doubles-they-used-to-do-that/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [I'll never starve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/i-ll-never-starve/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/when-i-would-create-a-dance-i-wouldn-t-have-the-luxury-that-ballet/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/you-dance-love-and-you-dance-joy-and-you-dance-dreams/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/when-ginger-rogers-danced-with-astaire-it-was-the-only-time-in-the/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [I wanted to do new things with dance, adapt it to the motion picture medium.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/i-wanted-to-do-new-things-with-dance-adapt-it-to-the-motion-picture/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/you-dance-love-and-you-dance-joy-and-you-dance-dreams-and-i-know-if-i/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gene-kelly/kids-talk-to-me-and-say-they-want-to-do-musicals-again-because-they/)

[Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gene-kelly/)

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