They told me that the hotels had maybe two rooms set up for people with disabilities, but if they got there too late, and didn't get one of these roo…

- Gregory Hines

I think everybody at some point - especially if they've been working their whole lives - should take time out and think about what they've done.

- Gregory Hines

I never wanted to be a star, I just wanted to get work.

- Gregory Hines

Once I got to be about twenty-five, I got interested in the music of the time. I started smokin' dope, I started drinking, I started slowing down and…

- Gregory Hines

I read the script, and I knew it was a good part. It was written for a white actor. That's what I'm up against - I have to try to make roles happen f…

- Gregory Hines

I wanted to make a movie, because the whole life of the movies appealed to me. You work hard for three or four months, then you don't work at all for…

- Gregory Hines

I don't remember not dancing. When I realized I was alive and these were my parents, and I could walk and talk, I could dance.

- Gregory Hines

You know the first time I sat in the chair I felt anything but up, it was very emotional for me. I had a chair in my hotel room, a chair at rehearsal…

- Gregory Hines

I felt that I didn't want to be in show business anymore. I felt that I wanted to be a farmer. I was milking cows and shoveling terrible stuff and wo…

- Gregory Hines