To the general public, show business may just mean the artistic part, but the dollar and cents element is the reality every performer has to face.

The regrets of yesterday and the fear of tomorrow can kill you.

He [Gene Kelly] once told me dancing was a man's game, as much of a sport as baseball itself. And he made us believe that. He changed our minds and suddenly, all of America wanted to dance just like Gene Kelly.

I consider myself an actress first, a dancer second, and a singer third. Why? Because the dancer needs a reason to move-that's the actor informing the dancer. So I worked on my acting and gradually developed a singing voice.

I have two false hips, a wired-up right knee, two crushed discs and scoliosis. If I don't dance, I seize up.

I'm not a very good singer. I just know how to present a song, and honey, I think I've been through enough to do it right.

I know that. I'm having a ball. I'm not slap happy. I'm just filled up with joy and with peace and with all kinds of things that have eluded me for quite a few years. And they're back and they're thriving.