I always found that kind of hard, and even though Gene Kelly was also a taskmaster, Bobby [Fosse] was tougher.

Traveling is really exhausting. That will force me into retirement.

We now have no record of these famous stage plays, so it turned out to be very narrow-minded thinking.

I did win [on a contest]. And that started me on a new path, and into show business.

I tour all year, 42 weeks a year, so it's hard for me to remember every place I play.

Donald O'Connor was in the film [ 'Singin' in the Rain' ] as well, and he was only 27 years old. So we were closer in age, and had more fun together on the set. Gene was more my teacher and mentor.

I still perform live primarily. I just keep traveling and doing live shows. The main difference in film, you know in your mind that you are doing it for posterity, you are doing for the eventual audience and it will be around forever.