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?'

In dealing with a girl or a horse, one lets nature take its course

The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any.

I had some ballet training but didn't like it. It was like a game to me.

I don't remember anybody ever pointing me out as a dancing prodigy, but I played a not bad second base.

If your gonna go down, go down swinging!

Oh, God! That boy moves in a very exceptional way. That's the greatest dancer of the century.