I don't think anything I could ever do could make Gene Kelly look better than he was.

I guess a lot of things happen still.

Live is exciting, live is real, the people are there.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I just think there's more paparazzi, there's more cable TV, there's millions of networks now, there's more paparazzi. People liked gossip then, and they like gossip now.

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.

That's what a writer does; they make things up and that makes for good reading.