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.
Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And the orchestra really … - Donald O'Connor
Remember, if you do the same act for 20, 30 years it gets a little boring unless you've got something else going for you... And the orchestra really …
- 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 courag… - 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 courag…
Dancing is so wonderful. Once they start the music, your whole day, if it's been rotten, seems to melt away. You get carried away in the tune that yo… - Donald O'Connor
Dancing is so wonderful. Once they start the music, your whole day, if it's been rotten, seems to melt away. You get carried away in the tune that yo…
I`m basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what`s known as a total dancer, us… - Donald O'Connor
I`m basically a hoofer, a tap dancer. I was always very good from the waist down, moving with the feet... I became what`s known as a total dancer, us…
I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get. - Donald O'Connor
I'd like to thank the Academy for my lifetime achievement award that I will eventually get.
I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in… - Donald O'Connor
I didn't smoke. I didn't smoke then, and I don't smoke now. We worked every day - that keeps you in pretty good shape. We could go for a long time in…
It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away. - Donald O'Connor
It's so wonderful... if your whole day is rotten, once they start the music, it seems to melt away.
That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're out; you don't have a … - Donald O'Connor
That is the godawful thing about television today. Performers don't have any place to hit and miss. You're either in or you're out; you don't have a …
You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique. - Donald O'Connor
You see, as far as the man's personality goes, there's no one who can touch Fred Astaire. He's unique.
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