I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is… — 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… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
First of all, break-dancing has been done for years, though not all of it put together the way it is now. But,… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
For a ridiculous analogy, let's take Purple Rain. If you were to put Purple Rain and The Sound of Music on the… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
At the time the quickest way to establish yourself as an American was to throw a little bit of tap into your… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
At 14, I discovered girls. At that time, dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and… — 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
