Robert Gottlieb Quotes

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

I would love to be able to tap dance.

Whether it is Jimmy Slyde or Lon Chaney or Gregory Hines, their dance shows what they experienced, what they had to go through.

There's a whole new generation who know about tap dancing thanks to 'Happy Feet.'

There's a tendency to think tap's had its day, but 'Happy Feet' kept us in the race. That penguin is our Shirley Temple.

I was always looking at footage of dancers from Nicholas Brothers to Ralph Brown to Sand Man to Miller Brothers and Lois, and I grew up looking at old footage.

I think 'Tap Dogs' has lasted so long because people have a natural interest in tap dancing. This form of dancing can't be dated, it's such an intriguing form of dance because the feet are also an an instrument.

I took tap classes growing up.

I can sing as well as Fred Astaire can act.

I started dancing when I was four years old and then was in class until I was about 20 years old or so, and then primarily was dancing just in shows that I was doing, but not really studying and training.

I've tapdanced since I was 11 years old. I always wanted to be a tapdancer, and that's all I ever wanted to be.

Astaire never thought of what he was doing as balletic, but Kelly was always trying to dance with women on points. And his choreography is so showy and flashy. He always looks self-satisfied to me.

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

I majored in dance in college.

I was a Spanish dancer. I don't mean to put that down, because that was great, too, but nothing like the kind of dancing you had to do in 'West Side Story,' which was called jazz.

Tap's foundation is jazz, just like hip-hop, so relating tap-dancing to rap is natural for me.

A dancing movie with Remo is something I would love to take up.

I'm the first one out on the dance floor. In college I had to take jazz, ballet and tap dancing, but, before that, it was just social.

I am a singer and dancer, and I've been perfecting it for a lot of years.

Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?

I was in a competing company and have been dancing since I was four - ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop - so it's a huge part of my life and my music.

I'd love to do a film like 'Chicago.' Something musical because I've obviously come from that background.

I found I loved musicals as much or more than the pure dance world. I also think I became tired of dancing for other dancers.

The fun thing about 'Chicago' is that there's so much dance and, very specifically, Roxie. So you might see a little bit of Roxie on the Sugarland stage. Who knows.

Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good.