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, using the entire body in order to express what you want to express in tap dancing and line.
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
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…
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.
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…
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.
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 was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based on show bus… - Donald O'Connor
I was born and raised to entertain other people. I've heard laughter and applause and known a lot of sorrow. Everything about me is based on show bus…
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…
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