When I would create a dance, I wouldn't have the luxury that ballet people do when they take a piece of music and impose a dance upon it. What we did in motion pictures was have a song and within that song try to elaborate. My usual method was to do what a writer does: get a plot.
Gene KellyYou dance love, and you dance joy, and you dance dreams. And I know if I can make you smile by jumping over a couple of couches or running through a rainstorm, then I'll be very glad to be a song and dance man.
Gene KellyThere's nothing revolutionary about Saturday Night Fever . You can see the same kind of movement at your local disco.
Gene KellyIf I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.
Gene Kelly