Academy Quote by Gene Kelly

Musicals are very different from other films. And as an actor, when you're preparing for one, you train an entirely different skill set altogether.…

— Zac Efron

There's an incredibly grand attitude towards musicals. I don't understand why my profession is so snooty about it.

— Sheila Hancock

I think people like musicals. And when done with a modern comedic sensibility, musical comedy can be the most efficient delivery of both storytelling…

— Rachel Bloom

I think musicals are a lowbrow, populist art form. And I don't mean lowbrow in a condescending way at all - they are designed…

— George C. Wolfe

A lot of people, especially from my generation, don't like musicals because they feel so much has been put in there for no reason.

— Peaches

We should be so grateful for musicals, and the amount of work that goes into these shows is easily comparable to things I've been…

— Sheila Hancock

But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.

— Vincente Minnelli

I'm very aware of the fact that Broadway musicals being brought to the screen are very few and far between, and it's important to…

— Rob Marshall

Musicals are just funny to me.

— Julian Barratt

Musicals look beautiful and great and fun, but man, when you're getting into it, you got to be on top of it.

— Haaz Sleiman

Musicals allow a depth of emotion that you don't get in another form of acting, the chord changes, the lyrics really affect people, so…

— Michael Ball

Comedies don't get nominated for Oscars. It doesn't happen. So when we set out to do a movie, it's not what we're thinking about.

— Christopher Guest