"They put me in a harness, like a……" — Donald O'Connor
"They put me in a harness, like a horse, to learn the back somersault. It was weird up there when I put on that harness for the first time. The courage came with practice."
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Donald O'Connor
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13 Quotes by Donald O'Connor
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I can picture things, like a painter would, though Im not good at painting, either.
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It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.
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I`m basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet...…
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I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow.…
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That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in…
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I'm not a good choreographer: I can't remember what I put down.
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Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something…
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Dancing is so wonderful. Once they start the music, your whole day, if it's been rotten, seems to melt away.…
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I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you…
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I think you should make more movies, more musicals. I think the public deserves that. I think this country deserves…
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Doing those costume pictures was wonderful.
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Going up the walls doing somersaults, that trick took a couple of days.
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