Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
Eugene Curran "Gene" Kellywas an American dancer, actor, singer, film director, producer and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likeable characters that he played on screen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth23 August 1912
CityPittsburgh, PA
CountryUnited States of America
mgm
MGM didn't know what they had with Cyd, did they?
anger car definitely driver drunken hand mixed rage sadness
On the one hand there is definitely rage and anger for the drunken driver of the car mixed with overwhelming sadness for the survivors.
came work
I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.
chicago job studied taught worried
I'd studied dance in Chicago every summer end taught it all winter, and I was well-rounded. I wasn't worried about getting a job on Broadway. In fact, I got one the first week.
arm dancing discovered time
At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship.
art film point-of-view
I don't understand the whole concept of doubles. They used to do that in the early sound films in Hollywood, but I thought we had gotten rid of that. Now not only do you have doubles, but as in Flashdance, you have triples, quadruples. From my point of view it is bad for the art.
children men common
In the 1930s there was this tendency in Hollywood to portray everyone as rich. Even if they were doing a poor man's dance, they were all so nicely clothed, gowned, coiffured. That's why I decided to wear white socks, loafers, T-shirts, and blue jeans. I had a sociopolitical context in front of me: I was a child of the Depression who danced in a way that would represent the common man.
thinking dancer
When they do let them sustain on screen from head to toe, though, then you know they must think the person is a good dancer.
acceptance accepting tied-up
The future of dance will always be tied up with the public's acceptance of the star. If they accept the star, then they'll accept the dance.
country dancer
America now has more and better dancers than they have ever had in the history of the country, but that won't account for the public wants to see.
rain decision ridiculous
For a ridiculous analogy, let's take Purple Rain. If you were to put Purple Rain and The Sound of Music on the desk of a producer, he or she would know that the majority of moviegoers would rather listen to Prince. Since they are in the business of making money, no one can blame them. But if it ever came to the decision of making a film like that I'd say, "No." They are very easy films to make, though. In Purple Rain there is nothing complex about the way that they dance. Or sing. It would be a bit boring for an adult to make that film. It just wouldn't test their métier.
interesting critics phenomenon
I don't even want to discuss Flashdance. I'm no critic, but that's an interesting phenomenon, that picture.
kids tough
If I played a tough kid on the street I couldn't go out there and get into fifth position. I had to dance like a tough kid on the street.
couple athlete everyday
Like an athlete, [dance] is an everyday job. You have to stay in shape - unless you just want to loaf through a couple of hoofing routines. But that just didn't satisfy me.