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I wanted to invent some kind ...

I wanted to invent some kind of American dance that was danced to the music that I grew up on: Cole Porter and Rodgers and Hart and Irving Berlin. So I evolved a style that certainly didn't catch on right away - but I had some good mentors in New York who encouraged me.

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The future of dance will alwa...

The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then they'll accept the dance.

Gene Kelly 35 quotes

You dance love, and you dance...

You dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams.

Gene Kelly 35 quotes

I didn't want to be a dancer....

I didn't want to be a dancer... I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

Gene Kelly 35 quotes

When I would create a dance, ...

When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose a dance upon it. What we did in motion pictures was have a song and within that song try to elaborate. My usual method was to do what a writer does: get a plot.

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I arrived in Hollywood twenty...

I arrived in Hollywood twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. But if I put on a white tails and tux like Fred Astaire, I still looked like a truck driver.

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I still find it almost imposs...

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

Gene Kelly 35 quotes

I didn't want to be a dancer....

I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

Gene Kelly 35 quotes

I think dancing is a man's ga...

I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.

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I got started dancing because...

I got started dancing because I knew it was one way to meet girls.

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I never played a rich man, I ...

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.

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Like an athlete, [dance] is a...

Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.

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I think Twyla [Tharp] has a l...

I think Twyla [Tharp] has a lot to say. The great thing about Twyla is that she continues to explore.

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I miss the romance. I keep sa...

I miss the romance. I keep saying this over and over again, but dance follows music. And if the accent today is percussion and rhythm and loudness, then that is the way the dance numbers will be. But it is pretty hard on romance with seven guitars, three drums, and no melody instruments in the band.

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In the 1930s there was this t...

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 clothed, gowned, coiffured. That's why I decided to wear white socks, loafers, T-shirts, and blue jeans. I had a sociopolitical context in front of me: I was a child of the Depression who danced in a way that would represent the common man.

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In film, a dancer should alwa...

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. Derri?re. The film prevents you from determining who is a good dancer and who is not.

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The finest all-around perform...

The finest all-around performer we ever had in America was Judy Garland. There was no limit to her talent. She was the quickest, brightest person I ever worked with.

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I don't understand the whole ...

I don't understand the whole concept of doubles. They used to do that in the early sound films in Hollywood, but I thought we had gotten rid of that. Now not only do you have doubles, but as in Flashdance, you have triples, quadruples. From my point of view it is bad for the art.

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I didn't want to move or act ...

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 35 quotes

I never wanted to be a dancer...

I never wanted to be a dancer. It's true! I wanted to be a shortstop for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Gene Kelly 35 quotes

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