In film, a dancer should always be shot from head to toe, because that way you can see the whole body and that is the art of dancing. Nowadays they shoot the nose. Left nostril. Right nostril. Hand. Foot. Bust. Derrière. The film prevents you from determining who is a good dancer and who is not.
The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very n… - Gene Kelly
The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very n…
- Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat. - Gene Kelly
Fred Astaire represented the aristocracy, I represented the proletariat.
You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a … - Gene Kelly
You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a …
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 like the man in the streets. - Gene Kelly
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 like the man in the streets.
Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer. - Gene Kelly
Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer.
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 cl… - Gene Kelly
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 cl…
If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando. - Gene Kelly
If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.
I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls. - Gene Kelly
I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.
Come on with the rain / I’ve a smile on my face. - Gene Kelly
Come on with the rain / I’ve a smile on my face.
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