In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's dance, they were all so nicely clothed, gowned, coiffured. That's why I decided to wear white socks, loafers,… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. But if I put on a white tails and tux like Fred Astaire, I still looked like a truck driver. — 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
![“The only thing is that ordinarily when I do dance with [women] they think I am suddenly going to throw them over a table or twist them all around. All I want to do is one-two, one-two-three - a simple fox trot. But they're shaking with anticipation at the thought that I'm about to whip them around…” quote by Gene Kelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/073/gene-kelly-11878_anticipation_the-only-thing-is-that-ordinarily-when-i_44100.jpg)
