Fred Astaire Represented The Aristocracy, I Represented

I Miss The Romance. I Keep Saying This Over And Over Again, But Dance Follows Music. And If The Accent Today Is Percussion And Rhythm And Loudness, Then That Is The Way The Dance Numbers Will Be. But It Is Pretty Hard On Romance With Seven Guitars, Three Drums, And No Melody Instruments In The Band.

Mentally, I Write Myself A Little Story. Of Course, Sometimes You Have A Song That Says, "do That." My Best Example Is Singin' In The Rain. Arthur Freed Had Insisted That The Song Should Be In The Picture, But He Was Very Anxious About It.

The Finest All-around Performer We Ever Had In America Was Judy Garland. There Was No Limit To Her Talent. She Was The Quickest, Brightest Person I Ever Worked With.

Kids Talk To Me And Say They Want To Do Musicals Again Because They've Studied The Tapes Of The Old Films. We Didn't Have That. We Thought Once We Had Made It, Even On Film, It Was Gone Except For The Archives.

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.