There were many good actresses in my time like Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds, but I was the only dancer.

You have actresses like Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, who have roles specially written for them.

I hate biographies which say, I was called to such and such an office, and he offered me so and so, and I got so and so money. I find that very tedious. The best biographies are written by other people.

I had two children. I had a nanny to manage my kids.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

The American is wholeheartedly for love and romance at any cost.

In order to have great happiness you have to have great pain and unhappiness - otherwise how would you know when you're happy?