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've decided that I am totally against jewelry. So I have all fake. There's no reason to have real diamonds. People think it's real anyway.

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

Ben Vereen is going to be on the show with me, too.

Maybe what a gay icon is, is a person who is rooted for — in other words, cheered on — by people who feel different.

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.

You see, that's another thing that my parents gave me: an enormously great sense of humor.