I gave it all that I had, and it's gratifying that others seem to be receiving it so well.

Singin' in the Rain (1952) and childbirth were the two hardest things I ever had to do in my life.

The only way you learn is by failure.

I think you should control yourself a little bit, so you can walk, and when you die, you can walk to your own funeral.

Anything worthwhile is hard, and dancing is very hard, and if you've ever studied dancing of any kind you'd know that to be in precision, three people dancing together.

I do twenty minutes every time the refrigerator door opens and the light comes on.

I'll just stay in [show business] till they stuff me like Trigger, when I drop dead.

I wanted to get that sense of peace and even boredom that comes with long familiarity.

If you're a dancer, study singing. You have to do everything and do it well. You have to study acting. You have to study all of it. You have to find workshops, get out on the stage...and fail.

I think one of my favourite films is 'Dark Victory' with Bette Davis. Why? She was so wonderful in that film. And maybe I just want a good cry once in a while without having to go through a divorce.

You have to keep practicing, if you're really going to be good.

What would be the description of happines? Nothing, except what prepares and then what destroys it, can be told.

Everyone's immortal until they're not.

You do not have to worhip god to be good and you certainly do not have to be good to worship god.

The virtue of Paganism was strength: the virtue of Christianity is obedience.

The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

Simplicity is a delicate imposition.

When not much is happening and there seems to be nothing you can do to change that, you do wonder. But I am an actor, like it or not. I stuck with it and took what was offered.

This is [Joe] Biden's unique way. I mean, here's a guy that never makes a gaffe, right?

When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.

The Communist Party must be a revolutionary party our it will cease to be a Communist Party.