Dancing is a sweat job.

Why didn't you tell me I was in love with you?

I often take a brand-new suit or hat and throw it up against the wall a few times to get that stiff, square newness out of it.

Either the camera will dance, or I will.

I'm just a hoofer with a spare set of tails.

When working on my choreography I am not always receptive to outside suggestions or opinions. I believe that if you have something in mind in the way of a creation, such as a new dance, a sequence, or an effect, you are certain to come up with inaccurate criticism and damaging results if you go around asking for opinions.

Oh, there's no such thing as my favorite performance. I can't sit here today and look back, and say, Top Hat was better than Easter Parade or any of the others. I just don't look back, period. When I finish with a project, I say 'all right, that's that. What's next?'