Reality is something you rise above.

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.

Initially, I wanted to be an ice skater, but then when I was 13 I saw Bye Bye Birdie, and that was it - I wanted to be on Broadway.

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star.

You have to work hard for it, but first you have to want it, and then you have to dream on it.

Growing up in Hollywood it seemed like every kid was the child of some star. We had no idea that other people would think we were special, because there was no other lifestyle to compare it to.

In Hollywood now when people die they don't say, 'Did he leave a will?' but 'Did he leave a diary?'