People often say to me - how clever you are! How brilliant to be able to go from ballet to theatre as you do. I answer that it is not clever at all. It is the gift of looking at oneself coolly, of calculating the future objectively. I could see the danger signals as far as ballet was concerned before anyone else did, that's all.
Robert HelpmannAren't all ballets sexy? I think they should be. I can think of nothing more kinky than a prince chasing a swan around all night.
Robert HelpmannI don't despair about the cultural scene in Australia because there isn't one to despair about.
Robert Helpmann