When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.

If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance like the man in the streets.

I still find it almost impossible to relax for more than one day at a time.

There is a certain amount of pornography that exists throughout Purple Rain, but the appeal is obvious. You can really pick that picture apart and see where "A" fits into "B" and so on. It was very wisely done.

At the time the quickest way to establish yourself as an American was to throw a little bit of tap into your dance - even when it wasn't called for. But what also helped me was the fact that I was dancing in roles that I had played.

I took it as it came and it happened to be very nice.