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
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.
men thinking games
I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.
dance men roger
When Ginger Rogers danced with Astaire, it was the only time in the movies when you looked at the man, not the woman.
men dancing dancer
Any man who looks like a sissy while dancing is just a lousy dancer.
men sailor rich
I never played a rich man, I never played a prince. And to play a sailor or longshoreman you had to make your dance more eclectic and varied, but still keep it indigenous to your nationality, upbringing, and background.
moving men jeans
I didn't want to move or act like a rich man. I wanted to dance in a pair of jeans. I wanted to dance like the man in the streets.
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.
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.