I Took It As It Came And

At 14 I Discovered Girls. At That Time Dancing Was The Only Way You Could Put Your Arm Around The Girl. Dancing Was Courtship. Only Later Did I Discover That You Dance Joy. You Dance Love. You Dance Dreams.

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

Fred Astaire Represented The Aristocracy, I Represented The Proletariat.

The Only Thing Is That Ordinarily When I Do Dance With [women] They Think I Am Suddenly Going To Throw Them Over A Table Or Twist Them All Around. All I Want To Do Is One-two, One-two-three - A Simple Fox Trot. But They're Shaking With Anticipation At The Thought That I'm About To Whip Them Around And Then Toss Them On The Roof.

Any Man Who Looks Like A Sissy While Dancing Is Just A Lousy Dancer.