I Didn't Want To Be A Dancer...

In Film, A Dancer Should Always Be Shot From Head To Toe, Because That Way You Can See The Whole Body And That Is The Art Of Dancing. Nowadays They Shoot The Nose. Left Nostril. Right Nostril. Hand. Foot. Bust. Derrière. The Film Prevents You From Determining Who Is A Good Dancer And Who Is Not.

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.

I Wanted To Do New Things With Dance, Adapt It To The Motion Picture Medium.

I Don't Even Want To Discuss Flashdance. I'm No Critic, But That's An Interesting Phenomenon, That Picture.

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.