Talk:Gene Kelly

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• I [was] twenty pounds overweight and as strong as an ox. But if I put on a white tails and tux like Astaire, I still looked like a truck driver... I looked better in a sweatshirt and loafers anyway. It wasn't elegant, but it was me.

• I wasn't very nice to Debbie. It's a wonder she still speaks to me.
  • On his behavior towards Debbie Reynolds on the set of Singin' in the Rain.

• If Fred Astaire is the Cary Grant of dance, I'm the Marlon Brando.

• The way I look at a musical, you are commenting on the human condition no matter what you do. A musical may be light and frivolous, but by its very nature, it makes some kind of social comment.