The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.

The thing about movie musicals is that there have been some brilliant ones, but when they're bad, they're really bad - big white elephants.

When you're doing an action set piece, it's very similar to choreography in a way because it's shot that way. It's meticulous how it's rehearsed. I mean, you have no idea.

My great joy in working on anything is stepping out in front of the camera and working with the actors.

I've never looked at a tax return without immediately losing consciousness.

I'd much rather fail than do something like 'The Chorus Line' movie, sanitized and Hollywoodized.

It was actually the opposite of what a director once said to me. He said, 'Remember, everyone is here to serve you.' And as he walked away, I thought to myself, 'It's exactly the opposite: I'm here to serve everyone.