Gene Kelly Quotes

United States, Dancer
August 23, 1912 – February, 2, 1996.

Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996) was an American dancer, actor of film, stage, and television, singer, film director, producer, and choreographer. He was known for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks, and the likable characters that he played on screen.

Also known as Actor, Singer, Film Director, Producer, Choreographer

My mother had gotten a job as a receptionist at a dancing school and had the idea that we should open our own dancing school; we did, and it prospered.

Gene Kelly
- School
- Job
- Mother
I didn't want to be a dancer. I just did it to work my way through college. But I was always an athlete and gymnast, so it came naturally.

Gene Kelly
- Work
- College
- Athlete
At 14 I discovered girls. At that time dancing was the only way you could put your arm around the girl. Dancing was courtship.

Gene Kelly
- Time
- Girl
I wanted to do new things with dance, adapt it to the motion picture medium.

Gene Kelly
- Dance
- Picture
There is a strange sort of reasoning in Hollywood that musicals are less worthy of Academy consideration than dramas. It's a form of snobbism, the same sort that perpetuates the idea that drama is more deserving of Awards than comedy.

Gene Kelly
- Comedy
- Drama
I think dancing is a man's game and if he does it well he does it better than a woman.

Gene Kelly
- Game