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Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen.

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

Great Things, Say, Tharp, Thing, Think, Thinking

If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.

Fifth, Kids, Played, Position, Tough

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.

Athlete, Couple, Everyday, Jobs, Unless

My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered.

Dance, Jobs, Mother, Prospered, School

Things danced on the screen do not look the way they do on the stage. On the stage, dancing is three-dimensional, but a motion picture is two-dimensional.

Danced, Dancing, Stage, Three, Two

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.

Athlete, College, Dancer, Gymnast, Naturally, Way

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 nature, it makes some kind of social comment.

Frivolous, Light, Look, Looks, Musical, Way

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.

Art, Body, Dancing, Feet, Hands, See

Mentally, I write myself a little story. Of course, sometimes you have a song that says, "Do that. " My best example is Singin' in the Rain. Arthur Freed had insisted that the song should be in the picture, but he was very anxious about it.

Course, Picture, Rain, Song, Write, Writing

I love rhythmic dancing - I'm not derogating it at all. It's just that sometimes you want to whisper, "I adore you. " And for that you need strings and woodwinds.

Dancing, Love, Needs, Strings, Want, Whisper

The only time I feel pressured is when some woman's husband comes over and says, "Will you go ask my wife to dance? She's a great dancer and would just love to dance with you. "Suddenly there's a crowd of people standing around us and they expect that they're about to see Fred and Ginger. Here the woman and I have just met, and these people think that it's showtime. That is the only time I think it is really embarrassing.

Embarrassing, Fred, Husband, People, Thinking

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.

America, Garland, Limit, Limits, Quickest, Talent

Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer.

Dancer, Dancing, Like, Lousy, Men

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.

Keep, Men, Play, Played, Rich, Sailor

I don't even want to discuss Flashdance. I'm no critic, but that's an interesting phenomenon, that picture.

Critic, Critics, Interesting, Phenomenon, Want

It fit into my scheme of things for many reasons. At the time it was true that male dancers were looked down upon, and it was true that a lot of the male dancers were effeminate. But what I was really trying to do was develop something that would be American.

American, Dancer, Down, Males, True, Trying

She's one of those third year girls who gripe my liver. . . You know, American college kids. They come over here to take their third year and lap up a little culture. . . They're officious and dull. They're always making profound observations they've overheard.

College, Come, Girl, Gripe, Kids, Officious

I saw Mikhail Baryshnikov do Twyla Tharp's Sinatra Suite on PBS. I have no numbers to prove it, but I bet that kids who saw that loved it. I think you will see younger dancers, who certainly have the artistic sense and capabilities, start going back to romantic numbers.

Kids, Numbers, Prove, Thinking

There is a certain amount of pornography that exists throughout Purple Rain, but the appeal is obvious. You can really pick that picture apart and see where "A" fits into "B" and so on. It was very wisely done.

Apart, Done, Exists, Purple, Rain, Throughout

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

Dancer, Pirate, Pirates, Pittsburgh, True

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