You see, it took me so long, it was such a struggle, to move myself out of musicals - because I had had a success, nobody wanted to allow me to direct a non-musical picture. It was so hard. And… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
The funniest thing is not who influenced me positively, but who influenced me negatively. I had such an aversion to what Busby Berkeley did; in my early formative years, I thought it was terrible. Now, I think it's wonderful. But… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
What we think about Paris is a part of how we feel about it. Our idea of Paris is our idea and we don't… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
There's no more film. Film is gone. We photograph digitally and electronically. We don't really use film the same way anymore - it's disappearing… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
Jean-Luc Godard said that cinema is the truth 24 frames a second. I think cinema is lies 24 frames a second. — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
What I got, unconsciously, from admiring Fred Astaire was that he didn't want what he was doing to look difficult. What was difficult, in… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
There was never any point in my life when I wasn't called Mr. Donen. I'm told my first words were, 'Call me Mr. Donen.'… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
What we all like in life, I think, is the challenge of making something... that is not easy to do. — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
My childhood wasn't very happy. It's a long, grim story about being a Jew in a small southern town. — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
You know, sound was still a fairly new thing when I came into movies. And the reason musicals happened is because of sound. They… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
It was very hard to make 'Funny Face' in Paris because making movies is difficult and making a movie in a city that was… — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
I can still dance a little, yes, but I like singing better. It's more fun. — Stanley Donen Copy Share Image
