There’s a whole psychological reason for those cartoons about good against evil. We have "Superman" and all those other hero people, so that we can go out into life and try to be something. I’ve got most of Disney’s animated movies on video-tapes, and when we watch them. Oh, I could just eat it, eat it. […] Jimmy Cricket, Pinocchio, Mickey Mouse – these are world-known characters. Some of the greatest political figures have come to the United States to meet them.

I'm always Peter Pan in my heart

Thinking is the biggest mistake a dancer could make. You have to feel.

What's the point? you can bring in 50 witnesses and it would not change what the tape clearly shows.

Some friends, you only see them when the sun shines.. My fans sustained me even in dark days. I owe them everything.

Fred Astaire told me things I will never forget. Gene Kelly also said he liked my dancing. It was a fantastic experience because I felt I had been inducted into an informal fraternity of dancers, and I felt so honored because these were the people I most admired in the world.

Of course, I believe in love. Its beautiful when it's right. My love life is like my music.