I never played a rich man, I never played a prince. And to play a sailor or longshoreman you had to make your dance more eclectic and varied, but still keep it indigenous to your nationality, upbringing, and background.
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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