Gwen Verdon Quotes

I used to do a lot of dancing when I was younger.

I was a dancer for many years. I was a premier dancer with 'Porgy and Bess,' the opera. And I taught dance some, in different places.

I dug up my dad's old Fred Astaire tapes, and now I find him super-inspiring. He's, like, one of the best dancers.

My first vocation was dance.

I love dancing; I adore salsa dancing and wish I could be in a Broadway chorus.

When I was a teeny little girl, I was in dancing school, and I sang.

As a dancer, obviously, we are all inspired by Michael Jackson, and I always looked up to Gene Kelly. He was a bigger version of Fred Astaire, and he was amazing as well.

I did a lot of dancing when I was young.

What does it remember like?

We all remember things, it's what we remember that determines how we live.

I danced with the London Festival at Covent Garden. I'm a ballerina by trade; I'm a ballerina who sings by the way.

I prefer musicals, because I am the best dancer who ever lived. The best plies, the best sashays, and by far the best-smelling Capezios.

My parents were opera singers and voice teachers, so growing up, I admired musicians and dancers.

I always did each show for about two years. So if you play the music, it just comes back to me.

I started dancing when I saw Fred Astaire in 'Flying Down to Rio,' at approximately nine years old. Fred Astaire influenced me, more than anything, to be in 'show business.'

I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone 10 years ago.

I started out as a dancer as a kid; I've been dancing since I was 4. So performing was always part of what I was.

Tap dancing is something I love, and I've been working on it to get really good.

I've been dancing my entire life. Jazz, hip hop, ballet. And then there's tap dancing. I love to tap.

Fred Astaire was a more formal, trained dancer who loved waltzing and only danced with the girls.

Let us say in the pocket of one of my old coats I find a movie ticket from many years ago. Once I see the ticket, not only do I remember that I saw this movie, but also scenes from this movie, which I think I have entirely forgotten, come back to me. Objects have this power, and I like it.

I've always, especially through old Hollywood musicals, loved just to watch tap dancing; I adore it. I think it's fantastic.

I studied dancing for 13 years. And loved to dance. Always wanted to dance with Fred Astaire.

I love nutcrackers, as I was a ballerina growing up.

In Broadway, we do love jazz hands.