I Love Rhythmic Dancing - I'm Not

There's Nothing Revolutionary About Saturday Night Fever . You Can See The Same Kind Of Movement At Your Local Disco.

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.

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.

I Love Rhythmic Dancing - I'm Not Derogating It At All. It's Just That Sometimes You Want To Whisper, "i Adore You." And For That You Need Strings And Woodwinds.

I Never Wanted To Be A Dancer. It's True! I Wanted To Be A Shortstop For The Pittsburgh Pirates.