American films are terribly popular all over the world and American movie stars are terribly important. I don't know why.
Cedric Gibbons was the grand cardinal of the art department.
I allow an area for improvisation because the chemical things actors bring to stories make it not work.
If you want to learn how to sing, listen to Ella Fitzgerald.
Color can do anything that black-and-white can.
But I think musicals are going to have to deal with important subjects.